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Bishops asked to assess
marriage, family life to
prepare for synod
By Cindy Wooden
CatholiC News serviCe
atican City — Bishops around the
world are being asked to take a realistic look at the situation of families
under their care and at how effective pastoral
and educational programs have been at promoting church teaching on sexuality, marriage and family life.
The preparatory document for the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family, which
will be held in October 2014, ends with 38
questions about how church teaching is promoted, how well it is accepted and ways in
which modern people and societies challenge
the Catholic view of marriage and family.
Archbishop Lorenzo Baldisseri, general
secretary of the synod, asked bishops to distribute the document and questionnaire “as
widely as possible” to deaneries and parishes,
summarize the responses and send them to
the Vatican by the end of January.
Distributing an outline of the chosen topic
and related questions, seeking responses from
bishops, religious orders and interested
Catholic groups is a normal part of the preparation for a synod. Archbishop Baldisseri, encouraging even wider consultation, did not
specify how bishops should seek input.
The Bishops’ Conference of England and
Wales put the questionnaire online in late October, leading to news stories about “polling”
Catholics for their opinions and suggestions.
The extraordinary synod on “pastoral challenges to the family in the context of evangelization” was convoked by Pope Francis for
Oct. 5-19 and will bring together presidents
of bishops’ conferences, the heads of Eastern
Catholic churches and the heads of Vatican
offices to describe the current situation and
“to collect the bishops’ experiences and proposals in proclaiming and living the Gospel
of the family in a credible manner,” the document said.
A second gathering, a world Synod of Bishops on the family, will be held in 2015 “to
seek working guidelines in the pastoral care
of the person and the family,” it said.
“Vast expectations exist concerning the decisions which are to be made pastorally regarding the family,” the document said.
Some people may believe changes in
church teaching are in store given Pope Francis’ emphasis on mercy, forgiveness and not
judging others, and his specific comments on
helping divorced and civilly remarried couples who cannot receive Communion. However, the document said, “the teaching of the
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Pope Francis touches the head of a child as he addresses pilgrims in St. Peter’s
Square at the Vatican Oct. 26. The pope addressed an estimated 100,000 people taking part in a Year of Faith celebration of family life. The boy approached the
pontiff on his own and stayed by his side while he spoke and greeted people. The
pope eventually lifted the boy onto his white chair and finished his talk. CNS
photo/L’Osservatore Romano via Reuters
Vatican not worried about possibility
United States monitored its calls
atican City (CNS) — The Vatican has no evidence its calls were monitored
by the U.S. National Security Agency and, even if they were, “we have no
concerns about it,” the Vatican spokesman said.
Asked about the possibility that the NSA’s electronic eavesdropping program
had monitored Vatican calls, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi told reporters
Oct. 30: “We have no evidence of this.” The spokesman made his comments
after the Italian newsweekly Panorama announced that its issue going on sale
Oct. 31 would include a report that phone calls to and from the Vatican were
among the 46 million calls in Italy allegedly monitored between Dec. 10, 2012,
and Jan. 8, 2013. The magazine said it also is possible the eavesdropping continued for months and included calls made on the eve of the conclave that elected Pope Francis in March. The NSA said in a statement the eavesdropping
claims were false.
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On Nov. 1, All Saints’ Day, Mia Angela “Lina”
Mastandrea, a parishioner at Immaculate
Conception Church (on Talcott) decorates her
mother’s grave with statues of saints and
momentos at Queen of Heaven Catholic
Cemetery in Hillside. Catholics often observe
All Saints’ Day, Nov. 1, and All Souls’ Day, Nov.
2, with visits to a cemetery to offer prayers for
the dead. Karen Callaway/Catholic New World
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faith on marriage is to be presented in an articulate and efficacious manner so that it
might reach hearts and transform them in accordance with God’s will.”
Church teaching always has been clear that
marriage is a lifelong bond between one man
and one woman open to having and educating
children, it said, and the synod’s goal will be
“to communicate this message with greater
incisiveness.”
The preparatory document specifically
mentioned modern contributions to church
teaching, including the Second Vatican Council’s defense of the dignity of marriage and
family, Pope Paul VI’s encyclical “Humanae
Vitae” on fidelity and procreation in marriage, and Blessed John Paul II’s teaching on
God’s plan for married love.
“The church’s pastoral ministry,” it said,
“finds inspiration in the truth of marriage
viewed as part of the plan of God, who created man and woman and, in the fullness of
time, revealed in Jesus the completeness of
spousal love elevated to the level of sacrament.”
The questionnaire asks bishops to describe
how people understand church teaching, how
their local churches and Catholic movements
try to promote it and what difficulties people
face in accepting the teaching.
Synod organizers ask the bishops to estimate the percentage of local Catholics living
together without being married, the percentage of those divorced and remarried, and the
proportion of children and adolescents in
their dioceses who are living in families in
those situations.
Bishops are asked for their suggestions
about the advisability of simplifying church
annulment procedures and for suggestions on
how that might be done.
The questionnaire surveys the bishops
about the legal status of same-sex unions in
their local area and church efforts to defend
traditional marriage, but also asks them what
kind of “pastoral attention can be given to
people who have chosen to live” in same-sex
unions and, in places where they can adopt
children, what can be done to transmit the
faith to them.
Several questions focus on “Humanae
Vitae” and church teaching against the use of
artificial contraception. The bishops are asked
if people understand the teaching and know
how to evaluate the morality of different
methods of family planning. They also are
asked if the question comes up in confessions
and if they have suggestions for fostering “a
more open attitude toward having children.”
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How to be free in the Lord
n the last seven months, Pope Francis
has seized the imagination of the
world and fascinated many who usually pay little attention to a pope. There
are many reasons for this marvelous development, but one reason that most fascinates me is the personal freedom he enjoys and models in a role that is steeped
in tradition. Freedom as a Gospel virtue
is lived personally when a disciple of
Jesus identifies himself first of all as a
sinner, as the pope recently did. Then it
is clear that the fascinating and joyful
personal freedom we see in him is a gift,
not a claim.
In the past several months, Pope Francis has expressed what he means by freedom in several areas of concern to the
church’s mission. At the end of September, he issued a letter for the World Day
of Migrants and Refugees. He situated
immigration from one country to another
in the context of the multitude of people
who are part of the mobility of a global
society. What impedes their freedom?
“Not infrequently,” the pope writes,
“the arrival of migrants, displaced persons, asylum-seekers and refugees gives
rise to suspicion and hostility. There is a
fear that society will become less secure,
that identity and culture will be lost, that
competition for jobs will become stiffer
and even that criminal activity will increase. The communications media have
a role of great responsibility in this regard … A change of attitude towards migrants and refugees is needed on the part
of everyone, moving away from attitudes
of defensiveness and fear, indifference
and marginalization — all typical of a
throwaway culture — towards attitudes
based on a culture of encounter, the only
culture capable of building a better, more
just and fraternal world.”
The pope is not speaking to the situation of a particular country, but the attitude he encourages is the basis of what
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the U.S. bishops have asked everyone to
work toward for many years now: a reformed immigration law that will permit
the 11 million illegal immigrants who
have been part of our society for many
years to follow a path toward legalization
of their status. The details depend on legislators, but the goal is freedom for
everyone, for those of us who were born
here as well as for immigrants. Freedom
is a gift we give to each other in a culture
of encounter.
Genuine marriage is also a global
human institution that challenges any
sense of freedom that pits one individual
against another. Pope Francis at World
Youth Day shared with the young people
gathered there his vision of marriage
built on the freedom of self-sacrifice:
“Today, there are those who say that
marriage is out of fashion. Is it out of
fashion? In a culture of relativism and
the ephemeral, many preach the importance of ‘enjoying’ the moment. They
say that it is not worth making a life-long
commitment, making a definitive decision, ‘for ever’, because we do not know
what tomorrow will bring. I ask you, instead, to be revolutionaries, I ask you to
swim against the tide: yes, I am asking
you to rebel against that culture that sees
everything as temporary and that ultimately believes you are incapable of responsibility, that believes you are incapable of true love … Have the courage
‘to swim against the tide.’ And also have
the courage to be happy.”
Killing another obviously deprives him
or her of freedom as well as life. The Respect Life message of the U.S. bishops
this year has been built on Pope Francis’
call this past month to “Open your hearts
to life!” This means that the church, as
the pope explains, must be a field hospital on the battleground of a broken
world. This is the spirituality of the Good
Samaritan that Pope Paul VI urged at the
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end of the Second Vatican Council. For
Pope Francis, living freely means protecting those at the margins of society,
especially the unborn who are “jettisoned
in a throw-away culture.”
In speaking to the Brazilian bishops
during World Youth Day in Rio last summer, the pope spoke about the relationship between freedom and the church’s
mission: “In the context of society, there
is only one thing which the church quite
clearly demands: the freedom to proclaim the Gospel in its entirety, even
when it runs counter to the world, even
when it goes against the tide. In so
doing, she defends treasures of which
she is merely the custodian, and values
which she does not create but rather receives, to which she must remain faithful.
“The church affirms the right to serve
man in his wholeness, and to speak of
what God has revealed about human beings and their fulfillment. The church
wants to make present that spiritual patrimony without which society falls apart
and cities are overwhelmed by their own
walls, pits and barriers. The church has
the right and the duty to keep alive the
flame of human freedom and unity.”
Freedom is lost when a person captured by self-righteousness demands approval of anything he or she does. Freedom is found when a person asks humbly
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for the righteousness of God to fill his or
her life. This is the virtue of freedom developed in line with the church’s moral
and social teaching. Like Pope Francis,
we personally enter the way of freedom
with the confession of sin we make at the
beginning of every celebration of Mass
and in the Sacrament of Penance and
Reconciliation. We find the gift of freedom in the reception of the Eucharist that
fills our hearts with the joy of being intimately united with Jesus, whose truth
sets us free.
Pope Francis can’t make us free, but he
effectively shows us how to live freely as
disciples of Jesus in his Body, the
church. God bless you.
Sincerely yours in Christ,
Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I.
Archbishop of Chicago
Cardinal George’s schedule
Nov. 10-14: U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Fall
General Meeting, Baltimore, Md.
Nov. 15: 12:10 p.m., Memorial Mass for the Deceased
Bishops and Priests of the Archdiocese, Holy Name
Cathedral; 5:30 p.m., Casa Jesús Cardinal’s Circle Reception, Residence
Nov. 16: 9 a.m., Archdiocesan Pastoral Council General Meeting, Quigley Center; 6 p.m., Loyola University
Chicago Stritch School of Medicine Awards Dinner, The
Field Museum
Nov. 17: 11 a.m., Mass, Feast of Our Lady of Divine
Providence, St. Genevieve Church
Nov. 18: 10 a.m., Episcopal Council Meeting, Residence
Nov. 19: 1:30 p.m., College of Consultors’ Meeting,
Quigley Center; 5:30 p.m., Catholic Charities Thanks
for Giving Reception, Residence
Nov. 20: 11:30 a.m., Mass for the Intentions of Persecuted Christians in the Middle East, St. James Chapel,
Quigley Center; 5:45 p.m., Patrons of the Arts in the
Vatican Museums Reception, The Art Institute of Chicago
Nov. 21: noon, The Catholic Church Extension Society Board of Governors’ Meeting, Rosemont; 5 p.m.,
Presentation, Diocese of Rockford Year of Faith Speaker
Series, Rockford
Nov. 23: 9 a.m., Archdiocesan Women’s Committee
General Meeting, Quigley Center; 4:30 p.m., Mass, St.
Mary Parish, Buffalo Grove
Lucy and Nicholas Jacobs present the gifts to Cardinal George during the 125th Anniversary Mass of St. Hedwig Parish,
2226 N. Hoyne Ave., on Oct. 20. Julie Jaidinger/Catholic New World
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The Update
Family Room
Teen time
By Michelle Martin
oday’s my husband’s birthday, and we’ll
celebrate tonight with birthday cake and
cards.
But this morning, other than a quick “Happy
Birthday” before I left the house, it was a normal morning: everybody up around 6 a.m., Caroline and I out the door before 7, to be followed
by Frank leaving for school by 7:30. Tony and
Teresa are the last to leave.
That’s not the way birthday mornings usually
go in our house. Usually,
we have to sing happy
birthday and eat cake for
breakfast, starting out the
day on a sugar high.
OK, it might not be the
healthiest habit in the
world, but it was ours.
But now that we have
three kids in three differMichelle Martin
ent schools, not to mention sports and theater and other activities, not
to mention two jobs, time is at a premium, and
especially time when we are all home together.
Indeed, having two adolescents and a preschooler at the same time leads to a somewhat
dissonant family life. We have Teresa, who is
with us unless we are at work and she is at the
sitter or at school. Then we have Caroline and
Frank, who leave us in the morning and don’t
return until dinnertime, or later. And when they
are home, they spend much of their time in their
rooms, doing homework and communicating
with their friends.
When they want to talk to us, it’s often late at
night — teenager hours, coming fully awake
not until well after the sun goes down. But
Teresa is still up with or before the dawn.
There’s nothing very remarkable in any of
that; a 3-year-old needs to be with her parents,
and teenagers need to establish their own lives
and identities. What is remarkable is what happens when they come out of their rooms, and
play.
Caroline spent some time chasing Teresa
around the living room last night, not long and
not doing anything special, but Teresa was delighted, laughing and jumping on and off the
couch. The beautiful thing was watching Caroline laugh along with her.
It’s the same when Teresa plays with Frank;
she lights up when her brother and sister want
to spend time with her, and it’s as though I can
see their younger selves come out to play. Families are important in so many ways. Each family is different, but ideally, they all help children
grow up knowing they are loved and learning
how to love other people as well.
When Teresa was smaller, I used to joke that
every baby should come with a teenager in the
house: it makes it much easier to run out to the
store or pick up another child, when you don’t
always have to bundle the baby up and deal
with the car seat.
Now I’d say that every teenager should come
with a small child — toddler or preschooler —
in the house. They remind everyone, parents
and teens included, that sometimes all you need
to be happy is someone to make you jump
around the living room.
Or someone who always wants to help blow
out the birthday candles.
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Cardinal George blesses two
new buses for Leo High School
bove, Cardinal George sprinkles holy water on a new school
bus following a short prayer service at Leo Catholic High
School, 7901 S. Sangamon St., on Oct. 28. The buses were
paid for through the Leo Express to Opportunity Campaign, which the
cardinal co-chaired.
Leo was founded in 1926 and is an all-boys Catholic school located
in the City’s often-dangerous Auburn-Gresham community. The new
buses will give more students a safe way to get to school. They will
also transport student athletes to their many sporting events.
They replace one bus that failed state inspection and another that was
vandalized. Enrollment is growing at Leo so the school wanted to
make it easier for students to get there on time.
On Oct. 28 Cardinal George also met with Leo graduate Miles Turner, who was shot during his senior year last October, and left partially
paralyzed. (See photo at left) Turner threw himself on his cousin last
fall to protect him from gunfire, and barely survived, news reports
said.
Leo is named after Pope Leo XIII and was founded by the Christian
Brothers.
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Are you an adult who has not celeName Cathedral, Cardinal George will
celebrate Mass with the auxiliary bishops of the archdiocese, for the annual
Memorial Mass to pray for all deceased archdiocesan bishops, priests
and deacons, and in particular for
those who have died in the last year.
The memorial Mass, celebrated at
Holy Name Cathedral, State and Superior streets in Chicago, marks the 17th
anniversary of the death of Cardinal
Bernardin and is open to the public.
p.m., the Education Committee of the
Archdiocesan Pastoral Council will
sponsor a “Day of Catholic Education”
for all Catholics in the archdiocese at
St. Mary Parish in Buffalo Grove. Several sessions are planned for participants to listen, learn and connect their
faith to topics of the day.
Cardinal George will celebrate
Mass in St. Mary’s Church at 4:30
p.m.
Visit mensclub.stmarybg.org/apceday for more information.
brated the sacrament of confirmation?
Adult confirmations will be held during the spring months throughout the
archdiocese. Preparation groups are
forming now.
To register or for information contact
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Elections, marriage, confirmation texts among bishops’ agenda
By Catholic News Service
ashington — Elections for a new
president and vice president, a
discussion and vote on a Spanishlanguage book of prayers at Mass, and a
proposal to develop a statement on pornography are among the items awaiting the
U.S. bishops when they gather in Baltimore
for their annual fall assembly.
At their Nov. 11-14 meeting at the Baltimore Waterfront Marriott Hotel, the bishops also will hear a status report on their
strategic/pastoral plan and vote on the final
translations from the International Committee on English in the Liturgy on liturgical
practices regarding marriage and confirmation.
As is customary, Cardinal Timothy
Dolan of New York, president of the U.S.
Conference of Catholic Bishops, and Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, apostolic nuncio to the United States, will address the assembly.
The bishops will elect the next president
and vice president to lead the USCCB for
the next three years from a slate of 10 candidates. Their term begins at the close of
the meeting.
The candidates are: Archbishop Gregory
Aymond of New Orleans; Archbishop
Charles Chaput of Philadelphia; Bishop
Blase Cupich of Spokane, Wash.; Cardinal
Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston;
Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles;
Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville,
Ky., current USCCB vice president; Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore; Arch-
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Bishops will elect the next president and vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic
Bishops during their annual fall meeting Nov. 11-14 in Baltimore. The two officers will be chosen from a slate of 10 nominees. They are pictured in alphabetical order from top, left:
Archbishop Gregory Aymond of New Orleans, Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia,
Bishop Blase Cupich of Spokane, Wash., Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston,
Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles. From bottom left are Archbishops Joseph Kurtz
of Louisville, Ky., William Lori of Baltimore, Dennis Schnurr of Cincinnati, Allen Vigneron of
Detroit and Thomas Wenski of Miami. CNS files
bishop Dennis Schnurr of Cincinnati; Archbishop Allen Vigneron of Detroit; and
Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami.
Under USCCB bylaws, a president will
be elected from the full slate. The vice
president will be chosen from the remaining nine candidates. If a candidate does not
receive more than half of the votes cast on
the first ballot, a second ballot will be cast.
If a third round of voting is necessary, the
ballot will include the names of the top two
vote-getters from the second ballot.
The bishops will vote on accepting the
“Misal Romano” from Mexico as the base
text for the Spanish-language missal used
in U.S. parishes. The bishops’ conference
of Mexico received approval from the Vatican, or “recognitio,” to use the text earlier
this year. The U.S. version of the missal
would be available by the end of 2014 or
early 2015 under current USCCB plans.
Several adaptations in the missal also will
be voted on by the bishops.
Other liturgical changes on which the
bishops were expected to vote govern the
celebration of marriage and confirmation.
If adopted by the bishops, the order of
celebrating marriage will be sent to the Vatican for “recognitio.” A second vote on four
adaptations to the order also is planned.
The order of confirmation that will be
considered is a retranslation from ICEL and
would bring the order into accordance with
the norms of “Liturgiam Authenticam”
(“The Authentic Liturgy”), the 2001 document on liturgical translations from the Vatican’s Congregation for Divine Worship
and the Sacraments.
The bishops also will vote for chairmenelect of the committees on Canonical Affairs and Church Governance, Child and
Youth Protection, Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, Evangelization and Catechesis, and International Justice and Peace.
They serve as chairmen-elect for one year
then begin a three-year term as chairmen of
their respective committees in November
2014.
A new chairman will be elected to head
the Committee on Catholic Education and
will begin his term at the conclusion of the
meeting. He will succeed Bishop Joseph
McFadden of Harrisburg, Pa., who died
May 2.
A vote on new members of the boards of
the Catholic Legal Immigration Network
Inc. and Catholic Relief Services also is on
the agenda.
For information. visit www.usccb.org.
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Legislature votes to
change the definition
of marriage in state
By Catholic New World
he definition of marriage
was redefined on Nov. 5
when state lawmakers
voted to approve same-sex marriage in Illinois.
The measure passed the House
61 to 54, with two voting present
and was approved by the Senate
that evening. At press time, Gov.
Pat Quinn was expected to sign
the bill into law.
Illinois will be the 15th state in
the U.S. to legalize same-sex
unions.
The Catholic Conference of Illinois, which serves at the public
voice for the bishops and lay
Catholics in state government, issued a statement about the decision:
“Today’s decision by Illinois
lawmakers to change the definition of marriage not only goes
against the common consensus of
the human race — which understands that nature tells us that
marriage is the union of one man
and one woman — but it also undermines an institution that is the
cornerstone of a healthy society,”
the statement read. “The optimal
condition in which to raise children is a home that includes both
a mother and father, since women
and men are not interchangeable.”
The statement said that the con-
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ference “is deeply disappointed
that members of the General Assembly chose to redefine what is
outside of its authority: a natural
institution like marriage.” The organization also noted concern for
threats to religious liberty that
will surface with the passage of
this law.
In his column for the Catholic
New World in January, Cardinal
George wrote, “Nature and Nature’s God, to use the expression
in the Declaration of Independence of our country, give the
human species two mutually complementary sexes, able to transmit
life through what the law has hitherto recognized as a marital
union. Consummated sexual relations between a man and a woman
are ideally based on mutual love
and must always be based on mutual consent, if they are genuinely
human actions. But no matter how
strong a friendship or deep a love
between persons of the same sex
might be, it is physically impossible for two men, or two women,
to consummate a marital union.”
He went on to write, “A proposal to change this truth about marriage in civil law is less a threat to
religion than it is an affront to
human reason and the common
good of society. It means we are
all to pretend to accept something
we know is physically impossible.”
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For more than a dozen years, Jacob and his pastoral colleagues at the
Northwest suburban parish have enjoyed on-site counseling services as
a satellite site for ABPS’ outreach efforts, a relationship that has dispensed assistance and hope to hundreds of St. Edna parishioners and
other local residents seeking help with aging parents, grief, marriage
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“We simply do not have enough staff to administer to some of these
precise needs, so having Alexian Brothers as a partner gives us quick
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important services,” Jacob said.
The same goes for Holy Family Parish in Inverness, where director of
pastoral care Jerry Stecker relishes the presence of ABPS professionals
who lend counseling and social work services to the community.
“It’s a relief to know that I have professional guidance available for
people in need and that I’m directing them to the best possible help we
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CATHOLIC
Can’t get to Mass?
My husband recently got a
job with a weird schedule.
About every three months
he will get weekends off
for about a month. My question
is, if my husband and I, along
with our two children, do the
readings together that day, is that
still missing church? My son does
not have a license yet, and I am
blind in one eye, so we do not
have a way to church. So, when
we go to confession do
we confess all the Sundays and days of obligation that we missed
church on?
— Katie DeHoyos,
via e-mail
Q
called pope.
The more important question
that should be asked is, “Why did
Jesus rise on the first day of the
week, instead of the Sabbath?”
The reason we revere Sunday as
the Lord’s Day is because Jesus
rose from the dead on a Sunday. I
think your brother-in-law has problems with Jesus’ schedule rather
than with the pope’s practices.
During Mass, is
it proper to extend your hands
to the response
(“and with your spirit”)
to the priest’s “The Lord
be with you,” or is this
optional?
— Name withheld,
via e-mail
Q
A. You should try
your best to attend
Mass on Sunday, but if
Catholic
it is physically or
A. I have not seen
Answer
morally impossible to
people do what you dedo so, then you commit
scribe, at least not on a
Father Francis
regular basis. Perhaps
no sin by not attending.
Hoffman
it’s just a reflex action
In that case, do your
best to listen to a Mass on the of someone who has been truly
radio or watch a Mass on televi- absorbed into the liturgical movesion. You can always hear the ment of the priest? In any case,
Sunday Mass on Relevant Radio the rubrics do not indicate that it
(www.relevantradio.com) at 9 should be done, so people should
not do it. But if they do it, I would
a.m. CST.
not worry about it.
What can I tell my brother-in-law who claims that
My new parish church in
the pope has no authority
Auckland, New Zealand,
to change the worship of
does not have a crucifix or
God from the Sabbath to Sunday?
cross on the altar. What
— Name withheld, via e-mail are the rules regarding the positioning of the crucifix in Catholic
A. The first thing you could ask churches? The other parishes in
your brother-in-law is to name the Auckland which I have attended
pope who made that change.
do have a crucifix on the altar.
I am curious to know the an— Anonymous, via e-mail
swer myself. More likely, it was
the very first Christians, as we
A. While it is customary to have
read in the Acts of the Apostles a crucifix facing the celebrant on
and the Didache (an early church the Altar of Sacrifice, I can find
document on the teachings of the no rubric that mandates it.
apostles), who would gather on
On the contrary, the rubric from
the first day of the week for the the latest version of the General
reading of the Scriptures and the Instruction of the Roman Missal
“breaking of the bread.” That’s (2012) states the following:
how Sunday worship and the “Likewise, on the altar or close to
Mass developed. If any pope it, there is to be a cross adorned
made the change, it was the first with a figure of Christ crucified”
pope, St. Peter, who was not even (No. 117).
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NOV. 10-23, 2013
„On powróci w chwale
sądzić żywych i umarłych”
W
dniu 10 października 2013 roku
przypadała setna rocznica urodzin
wielkiego włoskiego kompozytora
operowego, Giuseppe Verdiego. Orkiestra
Symfoniczna i Chó ry Filharmonii
Chicagowskiej zaprezentowały tego dnia
Mszę Requiem autorstwa Verdiego. Utwó r
ten będący jednym z ostatnich wielkich dzieł
tego kompozytora został zaprezentowany
w interpretacji Riccardo Mutiego, dyrektora
muzycznego Chicagowskiej Filharmonii,
najpopularniejszego interpretatora Verdiego
naszego pokolenia. Koncert z 10
października udowodnił geniusz obu —
Verdiego i Mutiego, jak ró wnież wspaniałe
możliwości wykonawcze Orkiestry
Symfonicznej i Chó ró w Filharmonii
Chicagowskiej.
Koncert
był
niezapomnianym wydarzeniem i skarbem,
dla tych z pośró d nas, któ rzy mieli
przywilej uczestniczenia w nim.
Za każdym razem, kiedy słucham Mszy
requiem wielkiego kompozytora, brzmią
w mej pamięci śpiewane Msze requiem,
będące codziennym doświadczeniem
wiernych uczestniczących w Eucharystii
przed Soborem Watykańskim II. W szkole
podstawowej śpiewaliśmy te Msze dzień, za
dniem, a ksiądz ubrany w czarny ornat
modlił się w intencji zmarłych wiernych.
Obecnie możemy wspominać zmarłych
podczas Mszy celebrowanych w czasie
zwykłym kalendarza liturgicznego, kiedy
odprawiane są one we wspomnienia
świętych w ciągu tygodnia i podczas Mszy
weekendowych z rozszerzonymi czytaniami
Ewangelii. Pozwala nam to, żyć w wielkiej
zażyłości ze świętymi i szanować rytm łaski,
udzielanej zgodnie z przebiegiem cyklu
kościelnego roku liturgicznego. W mej
pamięci jednak ciągle są obecne słowa
i muzyka łacińskiej Mszy requiem.
Przypominają mi one nie tylko czasy szkoły
podstawowej, ale także nasze przeznaczenie,
jakim jest życie wieczne, któ rego wciąż
oczekujemy.
Najbardziej dramatyczną częścią Requiem
Verdiego jest jego muzyczna interpretacja
sekwencji Mszy requiem, któ rą jest długi
wiersz o Sądzie Ostatecznym, śpiewany tuż
przed odczytaniem Ewangelii. Wielu
kompozytoró w umieściło „Dies irae” (łac.
Dzień gniewu) w swojej muzyce, cytując
często ten znany zapis wstępnej partii
chó ralnej. Śpiew ten zawsze płynie
spokojnie i ró wno, pozwalając dramatycznej
sile słó w, wywrzeć wrażenie na modlących
się; dla kontrastu, muzyka Verdiego potrafi
w dramatyczny sposó b wejść w czyjeś
wewnętrzne wersety życia, niosące na
przemian przerażenie i pocieszenie.
Dwie pierwsze zwrotki ukazują dzień sądu
ostatecznego, jako przerażające wydarzenie:
W gniewu dzień, w tę pomsty chwilę,
Świat w popielnym legnie pyle:
Zważ Dawida i Sybillę.
O dniu jęku, o dniu szlochu,
Kiedy z popielnego prochu
Człowiek winny na sąd stanie.
Inne zwrotki niosą pocieszenie:
Racz pamiętać, Jezu drogi,
Żeś wziął dla mnie żywot srogi,
Nie gub mnie w dzień straszny trwogi.
Długoś szukał mnie znużony,
Zbawił krzyżem umęczony,
Niech ten trud nie będzie płony.
Wyobrażenie Sądu Ostatecznego Michała
Anioła, któ re jest namalowane na tylnej
ścianie Kaplicy Sykstyńskiej, a któ re było
widoczne oczom wszystkich kardynałó w,
wybierających ponad sześć miesięcy temu
papieża Franciszka, przypomina nam o tym,
że konsekwencje naszych decyzji podążają
za nami w wieczność. Interpretacja
muzyczna Sądu Ostatecznego służy temu
samemu celowi. Pamiętając o tym
przekonaniu naszej wiary, szczegó lnie 2
listopada podczas celebrowania Mszy św.
w Uroczystość Wszystkich Zmarłych,
włączamy Sąd Ostateczny w ofiarę, dzięki
któ rej przebaczenie wyprzedza sąd.
Przyjmując Komunię Świętą spotykamy
sędziego, któ ry pragnie udzielać
przebaczenia.
Celem Mszy św. pogrzebowej nie jest
„celebrowanie” życia osoby, któ ra niedawno
zmarła; chodzi w niej raczej o włączenie
życia, śmierci i nadziei zmartwychwstania
osoby zmarłej w życie, śmierć
i zmartwychwstanie Chrystusa, naszego
Zbawiciela. Nie śpiewamy już „Dies irae”
w intencji zmarłych podczas Mszy, lecz
przypominamy samym sobie Sąd Ostateczny
za każdym razem, gdy modlimy się
Wyznaniem Wiary i modlitwą Ojcze Nasz
w słowach „Przyjdź Kró lestwo Twoje”.
Podczas każdej Mszy św. modlimy się za
zmarłych, aby ostatecznie oczyszczeni
w czyśćcu z konsekwencji przebaczonych
już grzechó w, weszli do życia wiecznego.
Sama śmierć przypomina nam o
konsekwencjach lub rezultatach grzechu,
któ re musimy ponieść, pomimo, że Chrystus
z pewnością zbawił świat. Dlatego modlitwa
za zmarłych jest wielkim aktem
dobroczynności i warto pamiętać, że jeśli nie
modlimy się za zmarłych, to zaniedbujemy
nasze obowiązki względem bliźnich. W dniu
2 listopada cały Kośció ł modli się za
zmarłych w liturgii i łączy grzeszność
z odkupieniem, sąd z życiem wiecznym.
Podczas celebracji Eucharystii żywi i zmarli
łączą się w życiu łaski już tutaj i w chwale
w przyszłości.
„Dies irae” podsumowuje z dużym
poczuciem realizmu i oczekiwania:
Choć niegodne me błaganie,
Nie daj mi, dobroci Panie,
W ognia wieczne wpaść otchłanie.
Daj mi mieszkać w owiec gronie,
Z dala kozłó w, przy Twym tronie
Postaw mnie po prawej stronie.
(Tłumaczenie sekwencji Dies irae
autorstwa Leopolda Staffa)
Szczerze oddany Wam w Chrystusie,
Franciszek Kardynał George, O.M. I.
Arcybiskup Chicago
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Creating safe communities
In addition to improving the lives of
he headlines in Chicago’s news
media have been far too tragic in children and youth, Catholic Charities
the last few months. We have makes a difference in the lives of the
heard how gang violence, repeated elderly, veterans, the homeless, and
shootings, school closings, high unem- struggling families in every corner of
the city, and throughout
ployment, “food deserts” and
Cook and Lake counties.
rising school drop-out rates
From beautiful housing
plague the most beleaguered
complexes that shine like
neighborhoods. With so
beacons of hope in blighted
much bad news, it is easy to
neighborhoods, to safe and
think that these neighborclean Food Centers that prohoods are hopeless.
vide access to nutritious
And yet, Catholic Charities
foods in what are considered
has thousands of success stoveritable food deserts (comries that come right from
munities with no grocery
these very neighborhoods
store), to vibrant senior acthat are besieged by violence
The Voice tivity
and meal centers, and
and destruction.
We at Catholic Charities are of Catholic everything in between,
Charities
Catholic Charities is bringfortunate to carry out Jesus’
ing hope where hope is
command for Christians to be
Msgr. Michael
needed most. With 157 prothe salt and light of the world
Boland
grams at 162 service loca— we “preserve” human life,
“season” lives with help and services, tions, we are creating communities of
and bring his hope and light to people salt and light throughout the archdioand neighborhoods that are otherwise cese.
At Catholic Charities’ Annual Meetshrouded in darkness and despair.
Catholic Charities intentionally goes to ing on Oct. 29, we released a position
the communities that need us the most, paper titled “Creating Communities of
T
Sayeed Mumin and Helen Watson visit on June 3 at just-opened All Saints
Residence at 11701 S. State St., in Chicago’s West Pullman community. All Saints
is the latest affordable senior residence facility of Catholic Charities. Karen
Callaway/Catholic New World
and brings services to our most vulnerable brothers and sisters.
As the violence rose with the mercury in many poor neighborhoods this
summer, Catholic Charities was also in
these communities making a positive
impact in the lives of thousands of children and youth. We kept over 28,000
children safe, off the streets, well-fed
with nutritious meals, and participating
in physical activities in our Lunch ’n’
More program; prepared 1,000 children
for entry into kindergarten at 16 Early
Childhood Development Centers; provided jobs to almost 100 youths, giving
them real-world employment experience and helping them learn the value
of education; gave 115 young people
the opportunity to participate in Service Learning Projects that helped the
homeless and elderly; customer service,
financial literacy, stress management
and conflict resolution.
Safety and Stability” that outlines some
of the wonderful impacts that Catholic
Charities makes in poor communities.
We wrote this paper to serve as a counterbalance to the negative headlines we
are confronted with on a daily basis.
With the help of Catholic Charities, police departments, churches, schools and
community groups working together,
these communities are not as hopeless
and full of despair as they are portrayed. In fact, the resilience and fortitude of the residents of these areas is
nothing short of astounding, and can
serve as proof of Christ’s presence in
our lives.
I encourage you to read “Creating
Communities of Safety and Stability,”
available at www.catholiccharities.net,
and learn how you can get involved.
Together we can salt the poorest neighborhoods and bring Christ’s light to
those who need it most.
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“Children are the most tragic victims
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This “Before” and “after” photo of one of the center’s children shows the dramatic
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outreach.
$1 per day. They are also uneducated
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“The mothers are thrilled to see their
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Carmen Hernandez, a mother whose
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Dramatic recoveries like Joel’s are
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its Catholic donors in the U.S. They, she
says, empower her to serve.
“It is amazing what we can do by working
together. Cross Catholic Outreach’s donors
play a role and Ana Aleman plays a role.
Neither can be whole without the other,”
says Jim Cavnar, the American charity’s
president. “In fact, Cross Catholic Outreach
was created with that perspective in mind.
We wanted to develop a stronger connection
between Catholics in the U.S. and Catholics
who serve overseas. We wanted parishioners
in America to see what a huge difference
their support makes in the lives of the poor
— and, at the same time, sought to give
the poor an opportunity to bless us with
their great faith. In that way, the Church is
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“Cross” Now Endorsed by More Than 50 U.S. Bishops, Archbishops
As Cross Catholic Outreach continues
its range of relief work to help the poor
overseas, its efforts are being recognized
by a growing number of Catholic leaders
in the U.S.
“We’ve received an impressive number
of endorsements from American Bishops
and Archbishops — 60 Catholic leaders
at last count,” explained Jim Cavnar,
president of Cross Catholic Outreach
(CCO). “They’re impressed by the fact
that we’ve done outreaches in more
than 40 countries and that we undertake
a variety of projects; everything from
feeding the hungry and housing the
homeless to supplying safe water and
supporting educational opportunities for
the poorest of the poor.”
Archbishop Robert Carlson of St.
Louis sent one of the more recent letters
of encouragement, writing: “It is my hope
that this ministry will continue to flourish
and reach as many people as possible. I
will inform the priests of the Archdiocese
of St. Louis of the important work that
Cross Catholic Outreach does and elicit
their prayerful and financial support
for the service you provide to the less
fortunate around the world.”
In addition to praising the work CCO
accomplishes, many of the Bishops and
Archbishops are also impressed by the
unique collaborative relationship Cross
Catholic Outreach has with the Pontifical
Council Cor Unum in Rome. This allows
the charity to participate in the mercy
ministries of the Holy Father himself. In
his praise of CCO, Archbishop Dennis
Schnurr of Cincinnati underscored this
unique connection.
“Cross Catholic Outreach’s close
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Unum is a source of encouragement,” the
Archbishop said. “The Holy See has unique
knowledge of local situations throughout the
world through its papal representatives in
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who care for the poor and needy in every
corner of the world.”
CCO president, Jim Cavnar, explained
the significance of this connection.
“Our collaboration with Cor Unum
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any area of the world and we have used
that method in special cases — to help the
victims of natural disasters, for example,”
he said. “It only represents a small part of
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important benefit in those situations.”
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Escaping the Deadly Cycle of Poverty
Cross Catholic Outreach Celebrates Success of its Global Mission
Mercedes Nuez’s day begins at 6:30 a.m.
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The work is backbreaking. With each
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For Nuez and the nearly 2,000 poor
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“Life is very hard here. The days are
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The education Nuez is talking about is
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Mercedes Nuez (left) lives on the outskirts of the dump, but she has higher hopes for her children and the other families who work there.
the otherwise beleaguered community.
“Thanks to donations from compassionate
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Cross Catholic Outreach is a firm believer
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“Study after study has shown that
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And the alternative is shockingly bleak for
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For example, the illiterate poor typically
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“There are undoubtedly practical reasons
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helping people like Mercedes Nuez and her
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Cavnar highlighted Cross Catholic’s
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Humphrey and his siblings, Nancy,
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family. They lived for almost three years
by themselves in a dilapidated, one-room
shanty in the middle of the notorious
Kibera Slum of Nairobi, Kenya.
To call their life “difficult” would be an
understatement. Humphrey wasn’t even
in third grade yet, but he was forced to
juggle work and school in a desperate
attempt to support his younger siblings.
He and the younger children often went
without food.
Fortunately, the struggling children were
discovered by a group of Catholic nuns
who provide food, educational opportunities
and spiritual counseling to AIDS orphans
and vulnerable children living in the slum.
With financial support from Cross Catholic
Outreach, they were able to give the
fledgling family the help they needed.
“Without the help we provided, these
children probably would not have survived,”
Cavnar says. “Thankfully, they now have
a safe place to live, clothes to wear, plenty
of food to eat, and they are able to attend
school every day. Their suffering is over.”
Cavnar explains that life-saving programs
like this wouldn’t exist without the support
Cross Catholic Outreach receives from its
generous Catholic donors in the U.S.
“Our Catholic benefactors are vital to
the success of our work. Without them,
we would not be able to support Catholic
outreaches in Africa, Central America, the
Philippines and elsewhere,” Cavnar says.
“Our success is only possible because of
their generous spirit. They are the heroes
in this story.”
To make a tax-deductible contribution
to Cross Catholic Outreach and its work
with ministries overseas, use either the
enclosed postage-paid brochure or send
donations to: Cross Catholic Outreach,
Dept. AC01005, PO Box 9558, Wilton,
NH 03086-9558.
How to Help:
Your help is needed for Cross Catholic Outreach to
bring Christ’s mercy to the poorest of the poor. To make a
donation, use the enclosed postage-paid brochure or mail
a gift to: Cross Catholic Outreach, Dept. AC01005, PO
Box 9558, Wilton, NH 03086-9558.
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Alex Marron, a third-grader at St. Colette School in Rolling Meadows, bites into a “concha” as intermediate students celebrated the Day of the Dead with a prayer service, presentations, Spanish songs, Mexican food and
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God’s side after encountering him and his love, Pope
Francis said on the feast of All Saints, Nov. 1.
Before reciting the Angelus with people gathered
in St. Peter’s Square, the pope talked about God’s
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They are like us, each one of us.”
What makes them stand out, he said, is once they
encountered Jesus, they always followed him.
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God is God of the living, not the dead
Nov. 10: 32nd Sunday
in Ordinary Time
2 Mc 7:1-2, 9-14; Ps 17:1, 5-6, 8, 15; 2
Thes 2:16-3:5; Lk 20:27-38 or Lk 20:27,
34-38
don’t think I will ever understand it. I
probably am not supposed to, but it
bothers me that life can end so suddenly for some and for others it can end like a
light that you move away from ever so
slowly. You watch it teasingly flicker, then
come back, then flicker again, going on
and on as hopes repeatedly rise and fall
until finally — agonizingly — it goes out.
Still, for others life ends with hundreds of
kisses each night before bed after 60 wonderful years of marriage.
The first example just happened to a
friend. The second was my mother. The
third happened to my brother-in-law.
All were great, God-loving people. Two
seemed to be taken too soon and the
other’s passing was “just right,” if that
makes any sense. In my faith-filled mind I
know our destiny is death and resurrection
and eternity with Jesus. In my flesh-feeling heart, it just hurts. Increasingly, as my
years grow longer, I know many more stories of life ending — yet, I have no more
answers.
As a human, death is our destiny; as a
Christian, it is not our destination. In this
week’s Gospel, Jesus says that God “is not
God of the dead, but of the living, for to
him all are alive.”
What an amazingly beautiful truth. Yet,
it is a truth that is not easy to hold on to
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when we have lost someone we love dearly. Nonetheless, the fact that death is not
the end is a core tenet of our faith.
The only way I know to really embrace
this truth is simply to let go and believe.
My mind will never fully grasp it so I
have to just fall into this truth. Years ago, I
wrote a song with this sentiment in mind:
Falling into the arms of Jesus/ There I
find the trust that I seek./ Falling into the
arms of Jesus/ There I go, oh, when I am
weak./ Falling into the arms of Jesus/ That
is when I know that I am home.
— Jeff Hedglen, CNS
Nov. 17: 33rd Sunday
in Ordinary Time
Mal 3:19-20a; Ps 98:5-9; 2 Thes 3:7-12;
Lk 21:5-19
Imagine a European Catholic immigrating to the United States in the late 1800s,
leaving home, family and familiar customs behind. Unable to speak English
very well, the immigrant and his family
find friendship, a network of support and
the familiar sounds of their native language in the parish church.
Imagine that same church, which had
been so lovingly constructed a few years
before, and which was the anchor of their
social and spiritual lives, burning to the
ground. But even that wouldn’t compare
to the anguish of seeing the newly rebuilt
structure destroyed by a violent storm that
demolishes all but the steeple.
In 19th- and early-20th-century South
Texas, it was not unheard of for little
country churches and schools to succumb
to tornadoes, hurricanes or fires, sometimes more than once. (In fact, a history of
the Texas Catholic Church during that period is aptly named “Through Fire and
Flood.”) Typically after such disasters, the
indomitable parishioners would roll up
their sleeves, rebuild their beloved houses
of worship and start over.
If the churches of Texas immigrants
were that important to their spiritual stability, the magnificent Jerusalem temple in
today’s Gospel was even more central to
the life of the first-century Jew. Hence
Jesus’ warning of its utter destruction, of
“wars and insurrections,” “earthquakes,
famines and plagues,” must have been terrifying and almost inconceivable. Yet even
in the face of such certain devastation,
persecution and suffering, Jesus assures
his disciples that he will preserve them
from trouble if they persevere and trust
him.
Easier said than done, right?
It’s human nature, when threatened by
destruction and chaos, to either try to escape the danger, deny that it exists or find
solutions to fix the situation. The readings
today call for none of these. Rather, according to the advice of St. Paul, we are to
roll up our proverbial sleeves, conduct
ourselves in an orderly and exemplary
manner, do the work God has given us and
persevere until the day that the same earth,
sea and sky, which caused so much havoc,
unite in joyful praise to the Lord who
brings “justice with its healing rays.”
— Sharon K. Perkins, CNS
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court rules on
religious rights of
for-profit entities
ashington (CNS) — The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled Nov. 1 that two
Catholic brothers from Ohio were
wrongly denied a preliminary injunction
exempting them from providing contraceptive coverage in employee health insurance, sending the case back to a lower
court.
heir business, however, is not entitled
to the same religious rights exemption as the brothers, the court said.
In a 2-1 decision released Nov. 1, the
circuit court said Francis and Philip Gilardi, owners of Freshway Foods and
Freshway Logistics, were wrongly denied an injunction individually, but that
the District Court was right to deny an
injunction to their company. In short, the
court found that the brothers have rights
under the Free Exercise clause of the
First Amendment that their for-profit
company does not.
The case, Gilardi v. HHS, is one
among many cases challenging the requirement in the Affordable Care Act that
most employers must provide coverage
for contraceptives in employee health insurance. The Gilardis, who are Catholic,
told the court that they have moral objections to artificial birth control and have
previously declined to include that in insurance for their 400 employees.
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Cardinal confers annual lay service awards
ach year, the Archdiocese of Chicago grants two kinds of awards to lay men and
women for their dedication to the church and its ministries. They are the Bishop
Quarter and Christifideles awards and were given by Cardinal George Nov. 3 at
Holy Name Cathedral. This year’s recipients are:
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Bishop Quarter Awards
The Bishop Quarter Award,
named for Bishop William Quarter, the first bishop of Chicago, is
given each year to one layperson
or married couple in each vicariate who demonstrates consistent
service to the ministries of the
archdiocese’s vicariates. Episcopal
vicars nominate recipients.
Vicariate I: Peter Gennuso,
Queen of the Rosary Parish, Elk
Grove Village. Peter Gennuso,
who attended Queen of the Rosary
School and is still a member there,
started the Respect Life Committee at the parish in 2009. The next
year, he assumed the role of Respect Life coordinator for Vicari-
ate I, a position he held until February. At that time, he stepped
down to devote his efforts to a new
not-for-profit, Pro Life Champions, which educates people about
Catholic moral teaching with respect to the dignity of human life
from conception until natural
death, as well as the need of traditional family values. Gennuso
serves as president of the organization’s board.
Bonnie Quirke, St. Joseph
Parish, Libertyville. Bonnie
Quirke was co-founder of Lake
County Right to Life in 1974 and
has served for many years on the
Illinois Federation for Right to
Life Board. She was one of the
founding leaders of the international Anti-Euthanasia Task Force,
now known as the Patients’ Rights
Council, in Steubenville, Ohio,
and she is a member of the Defense of Marriage Coalition.
Vicariate II: James Eder, St.
Thomas of Canterbury Parish.
James Eder has been the volunteer
director of the soup kitchen at St.
Thomas of Canterbury in Uptown
for more than 35 years. He has devoted much of his life to serving
the poor of Uptown and the surrounding communities in Vicariate
II. He has mentioned that every
person who walks through the
doors of the soup kitchen is
“Jesus” to him.
Vicariate III: Paulina Guzman,
St. Ann Parish, 1820 S. Leavitt.
Paulina Guzman, a longtime resident of Pilsen and involved member of St. Ann Parish, has been a
tireless advocate for immigration
reform and justice for undocumented families and individuals.
She became one of the core members in the formation of the Santo
Toribio Romo Society, and she
served as the society’s first coordinator and was a key liaison with
the archdiocese.
Vicariate IV: Sister Anna
Strycharz, MChr., St. Ferdinand
Parish. Sister Anna Strycharz, a
Missionary Sister of Christ the
King for Polonia, is director of religious education for St. Ferdinand
Parish, and she directs St. Ferdinand Polish School. She coordinates all the sacramental programs
for both the Polish and English
communities and the RCIA program at St. Ferdinand. Sister Anna
has authored a bilingual (Polish
and English) text for confirmation
preparation, teaches religion at
Notre Dame High School for Girls,
leads a parish Bible group and
lends her voice in praise in supervision of her Polish children’s
choir, Kropeczki. Sister Anna is a
voice for those who otherwise
might not be heard in our vicariate
regarding the rights of immigrants
with her work in the “immigrantto-immigrant” archdiocesan initiative.
Vicariate V: Mercy Sister
Nancy Swanson, St. Germaine
Parish, Oak Lawn. Mercy Sister
Nancy Swanson has been director
of the Courage Program, based at
St. Germaine Parish, since 2006.
The program was started in 1980
by Maureen Shields as a parish
outreach to assist unwed mothers
as an alternative to abortion. It provides assistance for those who
choose to place their children for
adoption as well as those who
choose to keep their babies. The
program currently serves 290
mothers from an area stretching
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William J.
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Chicago’s first
bishop
The Bishop Quarter awards
are named after the man
who was the first to lead
the Catholic Church in
Chicago.
w Born in Kings County
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1806
w Emigrated to the United
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w Ordained for the Diocese
of New York on Sept. 19,
1829
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Chicago in February 1844
w Consecrated on March
10, 1844
w Died on April 10, 1848
Source: “The Archdiocese of
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from Joliet and Mokena to 22nd
Street, and from LaGrange Road to
Hyde Park. Through the years,
more than 8,000 women and children have been helped.
Vicariate VI: Arthur Reliford,
Holy Angels Parish. Arthur Reliford has long occupied posts in education, most recently as dean of
students at Christ the King Jesuit
College Prep. Before that, he was
an educational consultant for the
Office for Catholic Schools of the
archdiocese, principal of Hales
Franciscan High School and science instructor at St. Ignatius College Prep and North Lawndale
College Prep. Reliford is a member of Holy Angels Parish, where
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The Christifideles Award is given to
Catholic laypeople who have, by participating
in parish life, demonstrated the personal and
ministerial renewal called for by the papal exhortation Christifideles Laici, calling the laity
to the “vocation of responsibility for the
church’s life springing from the gift and mission of their baptism.” This year’s recipients
are listed below. Listings are alphabetical by
parish. The churches are in Chicago unless
otherwise noted:
Vicariate 1: Joanne Twomey, St. Alphonsus Liguori, Prospect Heights; Richard T.
Roberts, St. Anastasia, Waukegan; Tina
Lutzke, St. Bede, Ingleside; Thomas A. and
Judith Hamill Jaconetty, Chicago Airports
Catholic Chaplaincy; Tom Swier, St. Cecilia,
Mount Prospect; Robert and Cynthia Falk, St.
Edna, Arlington Heights; Stewart Tanakatsubo, St. Francis de Sales, Lake Zurich; Raul
Venzon, St. Gilbert, Grayslake; Maryann
Shutan, Holy Cross, Deerfield; Janice Wood,
Holy Family, Inverness; Francis Koopman, St.
James, Highwood; Barbara Ziesk; St. John
the Evangelist, Streamwood; Gerardo and
Maria Jaimes, St. Joseph, Round Lake; Crescencio and Emma Lagunas, Mision San Juan
Diego, Arlington Heights; Madeleine Slingerland, St. Mary, Lake Forest; Bill and Barbara
Campbell, St. Mary of Vernon, Indian Creek;
Joan Kieffer, St. Matthew, Schaumburg; Sabas
and Celia Ortiz, Shrine of Our Lady
Guadalupe, Des Plaines; Linda Bugos-Noble,
Our Lady of Humility, Beach Park; Brian and
Jeanne Hamilton, St. Patrick, Wadsworth; Arlene Joyce Sokulski, St. Peter, Antioch;
Archangel Mastrangelo, St. Peter Damian,
Bartlett; Michael and Mary Jane Clausen and
Tom and Carol Uhlarik, Queen of the Rosary,
Elk Grove Village; Randal and Ramona Bernhardt, St. Raphael the Archangel, Old Mill
Creek; John and Carol Semerau, St. Raymond
de Penafort, Mount Prospect; Glenn Wiorek,
St. Stephen Protomartyr, Des Plaines; Bob
and Gloria Konkey, St. Thomas Becket, Mount
Prospect; Jesus and Marina Ortiz, Transfiguration, Wauconda;David Zerkel, St. Zachary,
Des Plaines
Vicariate II: Paul Foster, Assumption;
Andrea Sorensen, St. Athanasius, Evanston;
Edward Kestler, St. Benedict, Irving Park
Road; Jody Krembs, St. Bonaventure Oratory; Casey Bowles, St. Clement; Richard and
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Arlene Muench, St. Cornelius; Florence Panfil, St. Eugene; Ross and Jean Richards, St.
Francis Xavier, Wilmette; Richard and Mary
Ann Goode, St. Gertrude, Glenwood Ave.;
Jim and Diane Muss, St. Gregory the Great;
John Bradshaw, Holy Name Cathedral;
William and Susan Berg, St. Ignatius; Greg
and Dawn LaVeau, Immaculate Conception,
Talcott Ave.; Dolores Stanton, St. Isaac
Jogues, Niles; Charles Edobor, St. Ita; Camerina Cano, St. Jerome; Donald and Jeanette
Wirkus, St. John Brebeuf, Niles; Todd and
Christine Frech, St. Josaphat; Curt and Sally
Robey, St. Joseph, Wilmette; Dan Rzany, St.
Juliana; Marina Volante, St. Margaret Mary;
Carol Di Simone, Sharon Strohe, Roseann
Strohe and Mary Pabst, St. Martha, Morton
Grove; Gordon and Mary DuCharme; St.
Mary, Evanston; William and Patricia Isett,
St. Mary of the Woods; Ron and Julie Stepp,
Mary, Seat of Wisdom, Park Ridge; Joseph
and Karen Ronchi, St. Monica; Michael
Voitik and Patrick Voitik, St. Nicholas,
Evanston; Ramona Lukas, St. Norbert, Northbrook; August and Elaine Sansone, Our Lady
of Hope, Rosemont; Darwin and Veronica
Sampedro, Our Lady of Lourdes; Alice Kraus,
Our Lady of Mercy; Edward Krupa, Our Lady
of Perpetual Help, Glenview; Salvatore and
Mary Beth Manso, Our Lady of the Brook,
Northbrook; Margaret Lenhart, St. Philip the
Apostle, Northfield; James, Patricia and Timothy M. Noble, Queen of All Saints Basilica;
Josephine Holzner, Queen of Angels; Vilma
Aquino, St. Tarcissus
Vicariate III: Sister Patricia Kerz BVM,
St. Agatha; Arlene Zriny, St. Agnes of Bohemia; Irma Diaz, St. Aloysius; William and
Barbara Webb, St. Barbara; Jose Luis Padilla,
St. Francis of Assisi, Kostner Ave.; John
Gronkowski, St. Gabriel; Mark Dombrowski;
St. John Berchmans; James Clancy, St.
Malachy-Precious Blood; Michael and Angela Wilson; St. Martin De Porres; Ramona
DiFoggio, St. Mary of Perpetual Help;
Agustin and Analilia Martinez, St. Michael
the Archangel, Damen Ave.; Michael Deuerling, Nativity of Our Lord; Victor and Elsa
Fernandez, Notre Dame de Chicago; Joseph
Amos, Our Lady of Sorrows Basilica; Manuel
and Julia Tavarez, St. Philomena; Silvia Juarez,
St. Procopius; Elba Gonzalez, St. Simon the
Apostle; Isaul Gutierrez, St. Sylvester; Lily
May, St. Therese Chinese Mission
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Vicariate IV: Evelyn Olender, St. Beat- Christopher, Midlothian; Maria Puente, St.
rice, Schiller Park; James R. and Alice Marshall, St. Catherine of Siena-St. Lucy, Oak
Park; Joseph Witek, St. Celestine, Elmwood
Park; Lucille Antonik, St. Constance; Catherine Hilgart, St. Cyprian, River Grove; Joseph
Above, Irma Diaz from St. Aloysius Parish
accepts her award from Bishop Alberto Rojas.
Julie Jaidinger/Catholic New World
Koron, Divine Providence, Westchester; John
J. Rein, Divine Savior, Norridge; Frances
Sabatino, St. Domitilla, Hillside; Mary Lynn
Dietsche, St. Edmund, Oak Park; Carroll
Bourrillion, St. Edward; Peter Holod, St. Ferdinand; Santa Barbara Dimarco, St. Frances
of Rome, Cicero; Mary McGeean, St. Francis
Borgia; Maureen Hunter, St. Giles, Oak Park;
Elizabeth Shermack, St. Hugh, Lyons; Terry
and Mary Stadler, St. John of the Cross, Western Springs; Donald and Nancy Juday, Bill
and Debbie Piper, St. Luke, River Forest; Sallie Boge, St. Mary, Riverside; Virginia Kott,
Mater Christi, North Riverside; Dolores
Jakubczak, Our Lady of Charity, Cicero;
Steve and Jeanne Karabin, Our Lady, Mother
of the Church; Kathy Grego, St. Pius X, Stickney; William and Elaine Balog, St. Priscilla;
Mitch Drozd, St. Rosalie, Harwood Heights;
Joseph and Anna Marie Militello, Sacred
Heart, Melrose Park; Elizabeth Faraci, St. Viator; Mary Sklenar, St. Vincent Ferrer, River
Forest; Gregory Fidanzia, St. William
Vicariate V: Alice Porfirio, St. Albert the
Great, Burbank; Gene Bozych and Jack
Counter, St. Alphonsus, Lemont; Maribeth
Rodela, St. Bernadette, Evergreen Park;
Leonor Baez, St. Blase, Argo; Edmund
Czuma, St. Bruno; Barbara McSweeney, St.
Cajetan; Chris and Donna Marie Ivers, St.
Catherine of Alexandria, Oak Lawn; Loretta
Crotty, Christ the King; Cathleen Brindl, St.
Clare of Montefalco; Mary Beth Rudis, Sts.
Cyril & Methodius, Lemont; Richard and Arlene Muench, St. Damian, Oak Forest; Marian Wagner; St. Denis; William and Elizabeth
Wisnasky, St. Elizabeth Seton, Orland Hills;
John and Virginia Zbos, St. Francis of Assisi,
Orland Park; Bernard F. Fadden, St. Gerald,
Oak Lawn; Thomas Hamilton, St. Germaine,
Oak Lawn; Thomas and Phyllis O’Connell,
Incarnation, Palos Heights; Nancy Fitzpatrick, St. Jane de Chantal; Janet Joyce, St.
John Fisher; Daniel Green, St. Joseph, Summit; Paul and Lynda Laspesa, St. Julie Billiart, Tinley Park; John and Caroline Kelbowski; St. Linus, Oak Lawn; Steve and
Barbara Lascola, Most Holy Redeemer, Evergreen Park; Michael Banky, Nativity B.V.M.;
Carol Ann Kurth, St. Nicholas of Tolentine;
Angela M. Mottl, Our Lady of Loretto, Hometown; Ron Koziel, Our Lady of the Snows;
Gary and Eleanor Olson, Our Lady of the
Woods, Orland Park; Hank and Holly Oszakiewski, St. Patricia, Hickory Hills; Bruno
Risatti and Mark Link, St. Patrick, Lemont;
Jeff Kenny, Queen of Martyrs, Evergreen
Park; Maria Luisa Ceniceros, St. Rita of Cascia; John and Jean Cikowski, Sacred Heart,
Palos Hills; Barbara Black, St. Stephen, Deacon & Martyr, Tinley Park; Richard Wilus, St.
Symphorosa
Vicariate VI: Susan Yant, St. Agnes,
Chicago Heights; Theresa Jessie, St. Ambrose; Ed and Chris Zdanowski, St. Andrew
the Apostle, Calumet City; Jerry and Judy
Mitchell, St. Ann, Lansing; Mary Stojak, St.
Anne, Hazel Crest; Avis Coleman, St.
Basil/Visitation; Lincoln Seabrooks, St. Benedict the African-East; Bonnie Mocha and
Dorothy Nowakowski, St. Columba; Dolores
Pidgeon, Corpus Christi; Peg Gadus, St. Florian; Zaida Davidson, Holy Name of Mary;
Georgiana Delehanty, St. Irenaeus, Park Forest; Susan Byrne, St. Isidore the Farmer, Blue
Island; Donald Gater, St. John de la Salle;
Joseph Sopron, St. Kieran, Chicago Heights;
Susie M. Harris, St. Kilian; George and Mary
Louise Gingras, St. Lawrence O’Toole, Matteson; Robert and Ann Hilsen, St. Mary Queen
of Apostles, Riverdale; Connie Quinn, Our
Lady of Peace; Debra Nowocin, St. Paul,
Chicago Heights; Cynthia Roberts, St. Philip
Neri; Felton and Irene Brown, Sacred Heart
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For ABPS director Rita Rippentrop, who
started as an ABPS therapist 20 years ago,
the confidence and satisfaction voiced by
the likes of Jacob and Stecker means plenty, a nod that she and her staff are fulfilling
their mission and making a positive difference in lives.
For more than two decades, ABPS has
been responding to changing community
health needs by partnering with parishes
throughout the Chicago area to promote
health and healing.
In the Archdiocese of Chicago, ABPS offers interfaith counseling services for children and adults at numerous parish sites,
including Church of the Holy Spirit in
Schaumburg, Queen of the Rosary in Elk
Grove Village and, added just last year,
Polish-language behavioral health counseling services at St. Constance, 5843 W.
Strong St. The presence of ABPS in various
parishes provides pastoral staff a direct line
to referrals as well as more immediate and
approachable access to professional help
for parishioners.
ABPS also provides social work and special education services, such as resource
teachers and school social workers, at local
Catholic schools. Now in its 13th year, the
Parochial School Support Services program
has grown from serving three Catholic
schools to 16 institutions and nearly 6,000
students across the Chicago archdiocese
and the Joliet diocese.
“From social pressures to learning disabilities, this is a program in these school
buildings that pays attention to students’
social and emotional well being,” Rippentrop said.
ABPS rounds out its outreach efforts with
congregational health ministry and workshops ranging from suicide prevention
training and staff retreats to grief response
and therapeutic art groups.
“We function as a trusted partner in
spaces where the parishes cannot fill specific needs,” Rippentrop said.
At Holy Family, ABPS’ presence has
been building over recent years, Stecker
said, a sign of the trust the outreach agency
has gained and the important role they play
in the parish community.
“As we’ve gotten more comfortable with
one another and discovered new needs, our
relationship has developed,” Stecker said.
The Inverness parish provides private
space for ABPS personnel to run counsel-
ing sessions and directs parishioners to the
support programs and services by publishing information in the parish bulletin.
“Now, we’re connecting those struggling
with grief or divorce or loss to an immediate
avenue for help and healing,” Stecker said.
At St. Edna, Jacob and other pastoral
staff regularly refer parishioners to ABPS
counselors for help that the parish staff cannot or is not equipped to provide. Jacob
said the agency’s on-campus presence gives
dignity to the counseling services and highlights St. Edna’s hope that parishioners
enjoy healthy lives in body, mind and spirit.
“Knowing they are here gives me an invitation to direct people to the help they
need,” Jacob said. “Their presence has become an important avenue for people to
find insight and a path to work through
their difficulties.”
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Abuse survivor shares his experience in new book
By Michelle Martin
Staff writer
ichael Hoffman is a husband, father and businessman who is active in
his parish and in his children’s activities.
He is also a survivor of childhood sexual abuse by a priest.
Hoffman, a driving force behind
the Archdiocese of Chicago’s
Healing Garden, wrote about his
journey from acknowledging the
abuse that took place to acceptance in “Acts of Recovery” (Acta,
2013).
The book grew from notes he
wrote for himself when he was in
counseling, documenting his own
recovery. It tells of his shock of
recognition that what he had experienced was sexual abuse when
he read a 2006 newspaper article
about other accusations against
the priest who abused him. The
article sent him reeling.
The first person he told was his
wife, Colleen, although it was
with great reluctance.
“We had wonderful life,” he
said. “We were so blessed in so
many ways. We had a great marriage, two great kids. I didn’t want
to bring this into it. I didn’t want
to have this problem.”
After that initial conversation,
he and his wife didn’t talk about
M
Michael Hoffman and his mother, Mary Ellen Hoffman, pray during a
Mass to mark the 10th anniversary of the Charter for the Protection of
Children & Youth on Sept. 15 2012, at Holy Family Parish, 1080 West
Roosevelt Road. Karen Callaway/Catholic New World
it with anyone else, and discussed
it very little between themselves.
But shortly thereafter, he felt
the need to share his burden with
someone in the church, so he
went to Father Greg Sakowicz,
then the pastor of his parish, St.
Mary of the Woods.
It’s not that he hadn’t remembered the abuse, much of which
took place at “pizza parties” in the
priest’s rectory bedroom at St.
Mary Parish in Lake Forest, he
said. Rather, he told himself that
the things that happened were
“normal,” because that was what
the priest told the boys who were
there.
Perhaps the hardest conversation was telling his parents, who
had considered the priest a good
friend.
At the end of it, Hoffman said,
he had cried until he couldn’t cry
anymore.
While the priest is not named in
the book, Hoffman confirmed that
it was Robert Mayer, who was removed from public ministry in
1991, convicted of sexual misconduct with a minor in 1992, resigned in 1994 and was formally
laicized in 2010.
Once Hoffman took his story to
the archdiocese, he was surprised
at how quickly things moved. A
huge turning point was when he
received a letter in January 2007
from the Review Board saying
their investigation showed there
was reason to suspect abuse occurred. The letter came about five
months after he had first met with
representatives of the Archdiocesan Review Board.
“I call that my Cardinal George
letter,” Hoffman said. “I had it in
writing from the archdiocese:
They believed me!”
The book details many of Hoffman’s steps to recovery, from attending an archdiocesan-sponsored retreat for victims of
clerical sexual abuse to getting
counseling and pursuing a financial settlement with the archdiocese. He met one-on-one with
Cardinal George and became the
driving force behind the creation
of the Healing Garden of the
Archdiocese of Chicago, next to
Holy Family Church, 1080 W.
Roosevelt Road. The garden is a
place where those who feel bro-
ken, whether from childhood sexual abuse or any other reason can
go to look for healing and hope.
Hoffman said that as he became
more open about the abuse he suffered, he sometimes feared that
people would see him as a poster
child for sexual abuse and not look
beyond that. The truth is that his
friends are glad he shared the information, because it has made
him more comfortable in living his
own life. As for being nothing
more than a sexual abuse survivor?
“I have kids,” he said. “There’s
no time for that.”
He and his wife are still very
active at St. Mary of the Woods,
and he made a trip back to St.
Mary in Lake Forest just to lay his
memories to rest.
Part of the reason Hoffman
wrote the book was to help
Catholics who did not suffer
abuse understand everything that
the church is doing to help those
who did. For him, he said, the
counseling, the retreats, just being
listened to, were important steps
in his recovery.
“I know that not everybody
(who was sexually abused by
priests) wants to deal with the
archdiocese,” he said. “But all
these things are available, and
people should know about them.
They should know what their
church is doing to help.”
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Archbishop James Keleher teaches Vatican II documents at University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein
Seminary on Sept. 19. The Chicago native is retired for the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas, teaches one
class a semester. Karen Callaway/Catholic New World
Still sharing his wisdom at 82
By Joyce Duriga
editor
n a recent fall day in the
basement of the library at
the University of St. Mary
of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary,
Archbishop James Keleher, retired archbishop of Kansas City,
stood at a podium in front of a
black board discussing the Second
Vatican Council with a group of
pre-theology students from
around the country.
That day’s topic was Dei Verbum, the Dogmatic Constitution
On Divine Revelation. This is just
one of the 16 documents taught in
Archbishop Keleher’s “Documents of Vatican II” class, which
he began teaching back when he
was rector of Mundelein in the
late 1970s.
The class meets once a week
from 9:15 a.m. to noon and there
is lots of laughter and joking
along with learning. The joking is
led by Archbishop Keleher, who
doles out advice to the future
priests along with theology.
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He only teaches half the semester since he is needed back in
Kansas City for archdiocesan duties.
By teaching at Mundelein,
Archbishop Keleher is returning
to his roots. He was born in
Chicago in 1931 and belonged to
St. Felicitas Parish. He graduated
from Archbishop Quigley
Preparatory Seminary in 1951.
Cardinal Samuel Stritch ordained Keleher a priest in 1958.
He was 26. Keleher earned a doctorate in sacred theology from
Mundelein and, in 1962, became
an associate pastor at St. Henry
Parish in Rogers Park.
In addition to his pastoral duties, Keleher taught and was in
administration at Quigley North,
Niles College, Mundelein Seminary and Quigley South. In 1978
he was named president and rector of Mundelein Seminary, where
he also served as an associate professor of systematic theology.
In 1984, Keleher left Chicago
when he was appointed the sixth
bishop of Belleville by Pope John
Paul II. He was named the third
archbishop of Kansas City in
1993.
He returned to the University of
St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein
Seminary in 2005 after he retired
as archbishop of Kansas City. He
recalls being at Holy Name
Cathedral following an event for
seminaries when the then-rector
Father John Canary approached
him.
“I was sitting in a pew after the
ceremony and Father Canary
came up to me. He said ‘Jim,
since you’re now retired please
come back and teach.’” The rest is
history.
Why does the archbishop enjoy
teaching?
“My theory is as long as I can
teach fine young people like these
seminarians I will stay young,” he
said. “I feel young at heart when I
teach and at 82, you know, it’s
still working.”
The students, especially the
seminarians for the Archdiocese
of Kansas City, enjoy having him
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He went from ‘playing priest’
to ordination in St. Peter’s
and knew my grandparents, aunts
and uncles. Mom made about 15
trips to Italy when her siblings
needed help in their old age. She
was always full of good works.”
By Dolores Madlener
staff writer
e is: Father Charles Fanelli, pastor of St. Thomas
More Parish in Chicago.
Former pastor of St. John Vianney, Northlake. Chair for the
priests’ board of the Respect Life
Office, and was director of the
Respect Life Office in the archdiocese from 1978-1985.
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Youth: “I was born and raised
in St. Rita Parish, not far from
Marquette Park. My mother had
five children and one miscarriage.
My older brother and I are left.
Dad had a bar and grill at 63rd
and State streets where he served
all the railroad men who came in
to eat all hours of the day and
night. He had to be a jack-of-alltrades — cook, serve and tend
bar.
“My mother will be 100 in November. She’s never veered away
from taking care of her family.
She still cooks. We all love her
dinners of involtini and pasta al
pesto.
Both my parents grew up in the
little town of Pieve di Compito
near Lucca, in the Tuscan Hills.
We spoke Italian at home.
“I’ve visited Italy many times
Vocation: “We probably had a
thousand kids in our grammar
school in the 1950s. I served Mass
in Latin for the Augustinian
priests who ministered at St. Rita.
“In seventh grade Sister Margaret Mary asked me where I was
going to high school. I said in
Holland, Mich. [the Augustinian
seminary]. Sister said ‘If you go
to Archbishop Quigley you don’t
have to leave home.’ That’s all I
needed to hear. That’s how I became a diocesan priest instead of
an Augustinian.
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KELEHER
From Page 18
there. And they look after him,
making sure he gets from place to
place and sometimes carry his
bag.
Deacon Adam Wilczak of St.
Matthew Parish in Topeka first
met the archbishop in junior high
school during vocations events.
He took both the archbishop’s catechism class and later his one on
Vatican II documents.
“Theologically speaking, he’s
one of the successors to the apostles so it’s an awesome thing to
have him teaching our class. But
he’s also very dynamic, very
charismatic,” Wilczak said. “You
can feel the love that he has for
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From Page 19
“I started ‘playing priest’ when
I was 7 years old. That was the
year our whole family went to
Italy. My grandmother and my
aunt made all the vestments and
things I needed to ‘say Mass.’
When I was in fifth grade I was
in charge of training the altar boys
and so I had to learn the priest’s
part of the Tridentine Mass. I was
very happy.”
After Quigley he attended the
North American College in Rome.
He was ordained in December
1970. “I was ordained at St.
Peter’s Basilica, at the Altar of the
Chair. It is beneath the picture of
the Holy Spirit, and underneath
that, are the remains of the Chair
of Peter. Bishop James Hickey
was our ordaining bishop.”
Following ordination, he earned
a licentiate from the Gregorian
College in Rome.
Working with the spirit: He
began the first adoration chapel in
the archdiocese 27 years ago in
St. John Vianney Parish. “The
amazing thing is it’s still going.
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the kind of ministry we do.”
CTU also has long maintained
relationships with both the Jewish
and Islamic communities, and has
welcomed laypeople who want to
study to be lay ecclesial ministers.
The Augustus Tolton Pastoral
Ministry Program and Oscar
Romero Scholars program develop lay ministers from within the
African-American and Latino
Catholic communities in the
Archdiocese of Chicago and also
add to the cultural mix of the
school.
“It’s a crucial part of our mission. It’s our contribution to the
Christ and his people as he’s
teaching the class.”
No other group of seminarians
at Mundelein has their retired
archbishop or bishop for class.
Being present to the seminarians from Kansas City is also important to Archbishop Keleher.
“The Council says that the bishop is to be a shepherd for his
priests and his seminarians and he
is to be a friend to them,” he said.
“He should teach, that’s the primary office of the bishop — and
the priest is to proclaim the
Gospel. But also there has to be a
bond — very important — between the bishop and his priests
and his seminarians. While I’m
not the active archbishop, I help
him by being here.”
We had wonderful changes in the
parish after it began — more people came to daily Mass, we had
five or six young men who became priests, a lot of great things.
I think Our Lady of Lourdes
Parish in Chicago was the next
one.”
Leisure: “I like to take walks
and I’m still collecting Vatican
stamps as a hobby. I’m reading
Father John F. Harvey’s book
‘Homosexuality and the Catholic
Church.’ He’s the New York
founder of the Courage programs.
My longtime favorite is Donald
Miller’s ‘The City of the Century’
— I enjoy Chicago history.”
He has also been chaplain for
the Italian Catholic Federation in
Chicago since the 1970s, chaplain
for the Chicago Blue Army since
the 1980s, and confessor for the
Scalabrini Sisters in Stone Park
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should mark our guilt, who could
stand?’ Favorite saint is St. John
Vianney. I’m always trying to encourage more vocations to the
priesthood.”
archdiocese, and a real gift to both
the archdiocese and us,” Francis
said.
CTU is also home to the
Bernardin Center, which aims to
foster understanding in areas such
as reconciliation, peacemaking,
leadership development for the
church, interreligious dialogue,
the consistent ethic of life, and
Catholic Common Ground.
Francis said he knows he could
have found a less demanding ministry after leaving his sabbatical,
but he wanted to lead CTU, especially at a time when smaller seminaries are closing.
“I see CTU surviving and thriving because of the vision we
offer,” he said.
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Pope and cinema — Here’s an item
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Catholic Charities: 10th Compassion in Action award dinner,
Nov. 15, 6 p.m. reception and
silent auction, dinner and awards
follow, honoring Bishop Joseph
Perr y, $70/person, hosted by
Charities’ South suburban regional
advisory board, at Olympia Fields
Country Club, 2800 Country Club
Drive, RSVP to (708) 333-8379.
g CRAFT FAIRS
Our Lady of Humility Parish:
crafts/bake sale, Nov. 16, 3-6 p.m.,
Nov. 17, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., 10601
Wadsworth Road, Beach Park, for
info, call Gayle at (224) 399-9638.
St. Pascal Parish: Nov. 16-17,
10 a.m.-4 p.m., over 60
crafters/vendors, Santa, 6143 W.
Irving Park, for more info, contact
Pam at [email protected].
St. Christopher Parish: Nov.
16, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Nov. 17, 8:30
a.m.-3 p.m., over 85 crafters/vendors, 14611 S. Keeler, Midlothian,
(708) 388-8190.
Presence Resurrection Retirement Center: crafts/gift sale, Nov.
16, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., no stairs, 7262
W. Peterson, (773) 792-7930.
Pumpkins ‘n’ Holly: Nov. 23, 9
a.m.-3 p.m., 50 crafters of handmade items, bake sale, handicapped accessible, St. Barbara
Parish, 4015 S. Prairie, Brookfield,
(708) 485-2900.
Divine Infant Parish: Aisle of
Gifts, Nov. 23, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., over
50 crafters, pictures with Santa, 11
a.m.-1 p.m., 1600 Newcastle,
Westchester, for more info, call
Jeanine, at (708) 681-1128.
Holiday Boutique: Nov. 24,
after 8:30 and 11 a.m. Masses,
with auxiliary bake sale, contact
Grace, at [email protected],
Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii,
1224 W. Lexington, (312) 4213757.
Mount Carmel High School:
Jingle and Mingle Market, Nov. 21,
6:30-9:30 p.m., $5, in Convocation
Center, 6410 S. Dante, [email protected].
St. Patricia Parish: Nov. 24, 7
a.m.-1 p.m., crafts/vendors, in
parish center, 9000 S. 86th Ave.,
Hickory Hills, (708) 598-5222.
St. Thomas the Apostle
Parish: Nov. 30, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.,
and Dec. 1, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., handmade items, gift baskets, Granny’s
Attic, 5467 S. Woodlawn, (773)
324-2626.
St. Zachary Parish: seeking
crafters for bazaar, Nov. 29-30, 9
a.m.-4 p.m., 567 W. Algonquin,
Des Plaines, contact szsbazaar@
gmail.com.
St. Nicholas Church: seeking
crafters of homemade items for
Dec. 7-8 fair, 60 vendors in two
halls, trees, greenery sale, bakery,
1120 Washington, Evanston, call
Barbara, at (773) 761-1845.
Sacred Heart Parish: “Wishes
from the Heart” bazaar, Dec. 7, 10
a.m.-6 p.m. in Marian Hall church
basement, at 815 N. 15th Ave.,
Melrose Park, (708) 344-0757.
g DEVOTIONS
Monthly Taize Prayer: Nov. 14,
7 p.m., at St. Linus Church, 10300
S. Lawler, Oak Lawn, (708) 422-
2400.
Pontifical High Mass: with
Bishop Joseph Perry, Nov. 17, 10
a.m., followed by reception and at
3 p.m. a baroque concer t performed by Amadeus Consort, free,
at Shrine of Christ the King, 6415
S. Woodlawn, (773) 363-7409.
g DINNER/DANCES
St. Simon Thanksgiving Family Dance: Nov. 29, 7 p.m., music
by DJ Adam, $10/adults, $5/ages
3-12, 5135 S. California, (773)
436-1045, Ext. 1.
“Stedra Vecera”: Slovak community at St. Simon Parish hosting
traditional Christmas Eve supper,
Dec. 15, doors open after 2 p.m.
Mass, dinner at 4 p.m., in gym,
$20/adults, $8/ages 2-12, 5135 S.
California, call (773) 436-1045.
St. Joachim Parish: Christmas
luncheon, Dec. 3, noon-4 p.m.,
hosted by Happy Action Seniors,
$24/person, at Beverly Woods
Restaurant, 11532 S. Western,
RSVP to (773) 568-5931.
Tuscan Wine-Tasting: Dec. 7, 7
p.m., 10 wines, full dinner, live
music, door prizes, $35/each, with
$5 voucher toward purchase, St.
Patricia Parish, 9000 S. 86th Ave.,
Hickory Hills, (708) 598-5222.
Polish American Cultural
Club: Christmas banquet, Dec. 8,
noon, $23/members, $27/guests,
$10/ages under 10, at The Mayfield, 6072 Archer, RSVP to (815)
468-7480.
g ENTERTAINMENT
Chicago Chorale Concert:
Nov. 22, 8 p.m., works by Bach,
Frank Martin, Samuel Barber, at
St. Vincent de Paul Church, 1010
W. Webster, call box office, at
(773) 496-6195.
University of Notre Dame’s
Celebration Choir: singing Nov.
17, at 5:30 p.m. Mass, with a concer t at 7:30 p.m., St. Edward
Church, 4350 W. Sunnyside, call
(773) 545-6496.
“Broadway Through the
Ages”: Nov. 23, doors open 6:15
p.m., dinner, and songs from ’40s’70s sung by Rob and Jody,
$25/person, at Our Lady of Ransom Parish, Paluch Hall, 8300 N.
Greenwood, Niles, RSVP to (847)
823-2550.
West Suburban Symphony: in
concert of inspirational orchestral
and choral music, Peter Lipari,
conductor, Nov. 17, 3:30 p.m., at
St. Joseph Chapel, 1515 W.
Ogden, La Grange Park, $22/
adult, $20/senior, $5/teens, children free, (630) 887-7464.
Classical Music Concert: Nov.
17, 2 p.m., featuring baritone Jeffrey Ray with pianist George Tenegal, $20, in St. Patrick High
School’s LaSallian Lounge, 5900
W. Belmont, call (773) 286-8470.
Barbara Rinella: book dramatization, “Elizabeth the Queen: Life
of a Modern Monarch,” Nov. 19, 7
p.m., cash bar, refreshments, program, 7:45 p.m., $35, hosted by
Women’s Club of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, at Valley Lo
Club, 2200 Tanglewood, Glenview,
RSVP to Rene, at (847) 486-8128.
“Finding God in Popular
Music”: Nov. 24, 7 p.m., free
event exploring how faith echoes
in music from the ’60s to today,
featuring songs by U2, Bob Dylan,
Louis Armstrong, and more, at St.
Raymond Church, Elmhurst and
Lincoln avenues, Mount Prospect,
(847) 253-8600, Ext. 136.
Chicago Chorale Concert:
“Lumen de Lumine, Masterpieces
of Passion and Faith,” music from
Bach to Barber, Nov. 23, 8 p.m.,
advance tickets, $35/$25/$15, $5
more at door, free pre-concert lecture 7 p.m., at St. Vincent DePaul
Church, 1010 W. Webster, call
(773) 306-6195.
Album Release Concert: pianist, Russell Stern, performing
music from his new album which
will be available, Nov. 24, 3 p.m.,
free concert, at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, 1775 Grove,
Glenview, (847) 729-1525.
Ecclesia Choir Concert: “Polyphonic Masters,” sacred music
from Palestrina to Kevin Allen,
Nov. 24, 3 p.m., in chapel of St. Ignatius Parish, 6559 N. Glenwood,
for tickets, call (815) 806-0066 or
go to ecclesia-lcp.com.
“A Spot of Jazz”: with the Who
Needs Dave Jazz Ensemble, appetizers, cash wine bar, Nov. 16,
6-9 p.m., $15/at door, St. Gertrude
Parish Hall, 1401 W. Granville, call
(773) 764-3621.
“Celebration” Choir Concert:
Nov. 24, 4 p.m., 38th anniversary
of adult choir concerts, $15, St.
Felicitas Church, 1526 E. 84th St.,
(773) 734-2300.
University of Notre Dame’s
Celebration Choir: singing Nov.
17, at 5:30 p.m. Mass, a concert
7:30 p.m., St. Edward Church,
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media & culture
NOV. 10-23, 2013
Something for
everyone in
‘Free Birds’
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Movie at a glance
“Ender’s Game”
Enlightened and well-wrought science-fiction movie, based on the prescient 1985 book
of the same name, about a 12-year-old (Asa
Butterfield) chosen to lead Earth’s military
forces against an alien race that 50 years earlier tried to colonize the planet, resulting in
the deaths of millions. Mentored by a bellicose colonel (Harrison Ford) and the hero of
the first invasion (Ben Kingsley), the boy
possesses both compassion and strong tactical skills. Director and screenwriter Gavin
Hood highlights a salubrious message about
the moral pitfalls of war and deploys elegant
special effects to dramatize the virtual nature
of how it is conducted in the near future.
Scenes of fighting and bullying behavior
among teenagers, several classroom slurs,
some scary imagery, some mild innuendo,
one use of crass language. The Catholic
News Service classification is A-2, adults
and adolescents.
By Joseph McAleer
CatholiC News serviCe
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The president of the United States, voiced by Jimmy Hayward, and Reggie, voiced by
Owen Wilson, are seen in the animated movie “Free Birds.” The Catholic News Service
classification is A-1, general patronage. CNS photo/Relativity
tional holiday. Reggie’s the one, and he is
whisked to Camp David, where he lives
in the lap of luxury. Before long he is addicted to pizza (“much better than corn”)
and obsessed with watching a romantic
telenovela on TV.
His strange interlude ends when he is
abducted by fellow bird Jake (voice of
Woody Harrelson). As the founder of the
“Turkey Freedom Front,” Jake enlists
Reggie on a wild scheme: travel back to
the first Thanksgiving in 1621, and keep
turkey off the dinner table.
And so these turkeys hijack a time machine (voiced by George Takei of “Star
Trek” fame) and land in Plymouth, Mass.
There they meet up with their feathered
ancestors, led by Chief Broadbeak (voice
of Keith David) and his spunky daughter,
Jenny (voice of Amy Poehler). For Reggie and Jenny, it’s love at first peck,
while Jake butts beaks with Jenny’s
tough brother, Ranger (also voiced by
Hayward), over leadership of the master
plan.
The Pilgrims are a bumbling lot, grousing over the lack of food and ganging up
on Governor Bradford (voice of Dan
Fogler). It’s left to the sadistic Myles
Standish (voice of Colm Meaney) and his
pack of vicious dogs to hunt down the
turkeys in time for that first dinner with
the native Indians.
A rollicking adventure ensues, with
echoes of the great escape in 2000’s
“Chicken Run.” While some of the action
sequences may be too intense at times for
younger viewers (“Those turkeys are
angry birds,” one pilgrim quips), it’s all
in good fun, and the tasty resolution, involving one of America’s favorite foods,
is bound to please.
Classifications
Last Vegas ............................................... A-3
Carrie ........................................................ L
The Counselor ............................................ O
Escape Plan .............................................. L
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .................. O
The Fifth Estate ....................................... A-3
Machete Kills ............................................. O
Captain Phillips ....................................... A-3
Classifications used by CNS are: A-1, general patronage;
A-2, adults and adolescents; A-3, adults; L, limited adult
audiences, films whose problematic content many adults
would find troubling; O, morally offensive. For more information, visit www.usccb.org/movies.
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turkeys who travel back in time to change
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each other, or someone may end up as
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and his warnings about the farmer and
his ax go unheeded — until, for some,
it’s too late. “Thanksgiving is a turkey’s
worst nightmare,” Reggie says.
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g EXHIBIT
4350 W. Sunnyside, call (773)
545-6496.
Jazz Concert: Nov. 14, 7:30
p.m., music from Duke Ellington,
Count Basie, others, $5/at door,
St. Patrick High School, 5900 W.
Belmont, (773) 282-8844, Ext. 277.
William Ferris Chorale Concerts: “Christmas Myster y —
Christmas Mir th,” the mystical
music of Morten Lauridsen, as
well as a sassy assortment of carols, Dec. 8, 3 p.m., St. Clement
Church, 642 W. Deming, Dec. 14,
7:30 p.m., Madonna della Strada
Chapel, Loyola University, 1032 W.
Sheridan, and Dec. 15, 3 p.m.,
Emmanuel Episcopal Church, LaGrange, order tickets at www.
williamferrischorale.org.
Piano Concert: featuring Augustinian Fr. Brian Barker, playing
inspirational music from his fourth
independent CD, “Promise,” Dec.
8, 7 p.m., St. Bernadette Parish,
9343 S. Francisco, Evergreen
Park, (708) 422-8995.
Chicago Chorale Concert: “Advent Vespers,” with the monks of
the Monastery of the Holy Cross,
featuring music of Francisco Guerrero, Dec. 14, 5 p.m., suggested
donation $15 at door, 3111 S. Aberdeen, (773) 306-6195.
“Hansel & Gretel”: now-Nov.
16, for all ages, $10, presented by
Chicago Playworks for Families
and Young Audiences, at DePaul’s
Merle Reskin Theatre, 60 E.
Balbo, call box office for days, time
and tickets, (312) 922-1999.
“Histories/Photographies”:
works by local ar tists showing
photography’s relational place in
time and history, now-Dec. 8, at
DePaul Ar t Museum, 935 W.
Fullerton, free, open every day, for
hours and other info, call (773)
325-7506.
g FESTIVALS
St. Gertrude Festival: Nov. 14,
evening prayer in ministry center
chapel; Nov. 15, talk by Fr. Dom
Grassi on St. Gertrude; Nov. 15,
Jazz in the Gym; Nov. 17, regular
Masses and concer t, 1420 W.
Granville, (773) 764-3621.
Our Lady of Mercy International Fest: cultural displays,
dancing, ethnic foods, raffle, Nov.
16, doors open 6:30 p.m., 4432
N.Troy, (773) 588-2620.
g GAMES/PARTIES
St. Ladislaus Parish: turkey
bingo and family fun, Nov. 17,
doors open 1 p.m., games 3 p.m.,
5345 W. Roscoe, (773) 725-2300.
St. Patricia Super Bingo: Nov.
17, doors open 11 a.m., games
noon-5 p.m., also pull tabs, special games, $20/in advance,
$25/at door, (708) 598-5222.
Turkey Shoot: Nov. 24, 11 a.m.4 p.m., various games/prizes, live
NFL action on multi-screens, kids
fun, refreshments, at Mater Christi
Parish, 2400 S. 10th Ave., North
Riverside, (708) 442-5611.
Texas Hold’em Tournament:
The Lumen Christi Institute
for Catholic Thought at the University of Chicago
presents two lectures
JOHN OF THE CROSS:
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g JOB MINISTRY
“The Hybrid Resume”: Nov.
25, 7-9:15 p.m., at St. Hubert Ministry Center, 729 Grand Canyon
Hoffman Estates, for other free
programs, call Bob Podgorski, at
(847) 843-0020.
g LECTURES
Avis Clendenon: Nov. 17, 1:304:30 p.m., “Wisdom Figure for our
Time,” experiencing Hildegard of
Bingen, medieval mystic, theologian, $15, at Chicago Cenacle,
513 W. Fullerton, (773) 528-6300.
Fall Lecture Series: Nov. 12, Fr.
Thomas Baima and Melanie Barrett, “Holy Land or Bad Neighborhood — Understanding Complexities of Middle East;” Nov. 19, Fr.
Louis Cameli, “The Devil’s Guide
to Marriage,” Catholic perspectives
on the Sacrament of Matrimony,
6:15 p.m., food and fellowship,
6:30 p.m. speakers, at Holy Name
Cathedral, 735 N. State, (312) 7878040.
Lumen Christi Institute: cosponsoring “A Conversation with
Dr. Paul Farmer and Fr. Gustavo
Retreats
2013-2014
Preached Retreats
Silent Retreats - Presented by the
Retreat Center’s Preaching Team
November 22 - 24, 2013
Fr Joe Hunt
35th Annual Retreat for Members
Of Alcoholics Anonymous
This is not a silent retreat
Contact: Michael Pinter
Keith Egan
St. Mary’s College , University of Notre Dame
NOVEMBER 14
7:00PM
Nov. 30, 6:30-10 p.m., $100/person entry fee, must be 21 or over,
St. Dismas Parish, 2600 Sunset,
Waukegan, for more info and to
RSVP, call Marty before Nov. 26,
at (847) 336-2619.
St. Bernardine Parish: 25th annual game day, Chicago Bears vs.
St. Louis Rams, Nov. 24, doors
open 11:30 a.m., $35 includes allday buffet, open beer/wine bar, for
more info, call (708) 366-0839.
Swift Hall, 3rd Floor
1025 East 58th Street
Natural Law &
Public Discourse:
December 6 - 8, 2013
Eucharistic
Spirituality Retreat
Theme: “The Wonder and Mystery”
Presenter: Fr. Jim White, C.Ss.R.
Jan. 31 - Feb. 2, 2014
Feb. 7 – 9, 2014
Feb. 21 – 23, 2014
Feb. 28 – March 2, 2014
Weekend Silent
Men’s Retreat
Theme: “We Are A People of Hope”
Presenters: The Retreat Team
Legacies of Joseph Ratzinger
February 14 – 16, 2014
Russell Hittinger
Theme: “Growing in Your Sacred Marriage
-Being a sign of hope to each other”
Presenters: Retreat Team &
Kimmy & Jim Casserly
University of Tulsa
NOVEMBER 21
4:30PM
Social Sciences, Room 122
1126 East 59th Street
Weekend Retreat for
Married Couples
To register or for more information
Redemptorist
Retreat Center
1800 N Timber Trail Ln
Oconomowoc, WI
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773.955.5887
262-567-6900
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Gutierrez,” on global health and
social justice, Nov. 15, 5 p.m., registration, cash bar; presentation,
discussion and book-signing follow, at Fairmont Chicago, 200 N.
Columbus, (773) 955-5887.
Richard Cahan: author/expert,
as part of free series on art and
architecture of historic St. Thomas
the Apostle Church and Edgar
Miller’s connection to it, Nov. 14, 7
p.m. at the parish, 5472 S. Kimbark, (773) 324-2626.
Thomas Merton Society: Rosalie Riegle, writer, peace advocate, war resister, on “Doing Time
for Peace,” Nov. 17, 2 p.m., $5, at
Immaculate Conception Rectory
Assembly, 7211 W. Talcott, for
more info, call Chicago Chapter’s
Mike Brennan, (773) 685-4736.
First Friday Club of Chicago:
Judith Valente, journalist, poet,
Dec. 6, noon-1:15 p.m., $40/nonmembers, at Union League Club,
65 W. Jackson, RSVP by Dec. 3,
to (312) 466-9610.
Catholic Citizens Forum:
David Magee, speaking on his 10
years of Christian service in Asia,
“The Faces of Jesus,” Dec. 13,
11:45 a.m. luncheon, $35, at
Union League Club, 65 W. Jackson, RSVP to Maureen by Dec.
10, at (708) 352-5834.
g RETREATS
For Catholic Professionals:
overnight, Nov. 21-22, “Faith in the
Works of Flannery O’Connor,” led
by Fr. Thomas Hickey, at Cardinal
Stritch Retreat House, 1399
Stritch Drive, Mundelein, to RSVP,
call (847) 566-6060.
Advent Women’s Retreat: Dec
7, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m., led by author
Sr. Kathryn Hermes, based on
“HeartWork,” her new process of
spiritual growth, $40, includes coffee/snack and box lunch, with 50
percent discount for religious or
students, at St. Peter’s in the
Loop, 110 W. Madison, register at
(312) 346-4228, or drop in.
g SPIRITUAL GROWTH
St. George Parish Mission:
with Fr. Charlie Smiech, “Community Life, Renew Your Dreams,”
Nov. 11-13, 7 p.m., 6707 W. 175th
St., Tinley Park, (708) 532-2243.
Advent Parish Mission: with
Friar Johnpaul Cafiero, OFM,
“Triptych of Love: Christ Yesterday,
Today and Tomorrow,” Dec. 1-3, 7
p.m., at Divine Providence Church,
2550 Mayfair, Westchester, (708)
562-3364.
Bereavement Presentation:
Jennifer Nolan, “I Will Never Leave
You, Experiencing Divine Love in
Our Darkest Moments,” Nov. 14, 79 p.m., in Xavier Room at St. Francis Xavier Church, 524 Ninth St.
Wilmette, for more info, call Elisabeth, at (847) 256-2273.
Calix Society: Catholic outreach to recovering alcoholics,
meets one Saturday a month, 9-11
a.m., St. John Vianney Parish, 46
N. Wolf, Northlake, call (847) 5409219.
sports/letter to the editor
NOV. 10-23, 2013
25
Image
of Our Lady
On behalf of our program Imago Dei I would like to apologize for offending
anyone with the painted image of Our Blessed Mother, which was published in
the last edition of the Catholic New World. I am grateful for all the feedback,
and in fact we have already changed the image. The artist, who comes from another program, did not intend to offend anyone, nor did he intend to paint
“Santa Muerte.” After talking with him about it he was quick to agree to change
it. Like any work of art or project, there are constantly revisions, touchups and
changes based on the feedback of the community.
Our project was very successful and we culminated the event with a Mass
and procession for victims of violence in the community. This project not only
beautified walls carrying 30-plus years of violent graffiti, but helped to bring
spiritual healing to youth who have been affected and traumatized by the neighborhood violence.
Please visit our website to see the rest of the murals and consider helping us!
www.stagnesofbohemia.org/programs/imagodei.
Please pray for our program and for an end to the culture of death.
Sincerely in Christ,
Father Thomas J. Boharic, Associate Pastor, St. Agnes of Bohemia Parish
Catholics must make space for
the soul online, Vatican official says
Above, Shanon Forst from
Fenwick competes in the
100-yard
breaststroke.
Swimmers from several
area
Catholic
High
Schools (Loyola Academy,
St.
Ignatius,
Mother
McAuley, St. Viator and
Fenwick) competed in the
MCAC JV Conference
hosted by Fenwick High
School in Oak Park on
Nov. 2. Left, Liza Prah,
from Loyola Academy,
competes in the 100 yard
breaststroke.
Karen
raintree, Mass. (CNS) — The Internet will host the parish community of
the future, according to Msgr. Paul Tighe, secretary of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications.
“Social media is redefining how we understand local community,” he said.
“The digital parish will be where people cluster around shared interests and
shared ideas.” Tighe made the comments in a keynote address at the sixth annual Catholic New Media Conference held at the Archdiocese of Boston’s Pastoral Center in Braintree. He stressed the importance of Catholics bringing
their faith to the digital arena, a place where people are spending a greater portion of their lives.
Tighe said that people are going online to connect with others. “I am extremely hopeful because look what people are doing in social media — relationships and friendships, searching for information, sharing ideas, following.
They are all fundamental human realities,” he said in his Oct. 19 address.
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Fr. Thomas Maher
PASTOR EMERITUS
Father Thomas F. Maher, 92,
pastor emeritus of St. Genevieve
Parish, died Nov. 3 at Resurrection Life Center in Chicago,
where he had been a resident. His
ministry
spanned 66
years and inc l u d e d
marching for
civil rights in
the 1960s and
1970s and devotion to the
sick
and
dying.
F a t h e r Fr. Thomas
Maher was a Maher
senior priest
in residence at St. Mary of the
Woods Parish from the time of
his 1991 retirement until three
years ago, when he moved to
Resurrection Life Center.
“He was unfailing in visiting
the sick, whether in their homes,
in hospitals or nursing homes and
when he couldn’t drive any more,
he had parishioners drive him,”
said the pastor of St. Mary’s, Father Patrick Cecil.
Cecil and Auxiliary Bishop
George Rassas, who served with
Father Maher at St. Genevieve,
both noted that Father Maher’s
public support for civil rights included marching at one time with
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Father Maher was born in
Chicago and attended school in
South Wilmington, Ill., before
studying at Quigley Preparatory
Seminary. He graduated from the
University of St. Mary of the
Lake/Mundelein Seminary and
was ordained in 1947.
He served as assistant pastor at
St. Mary’s Training School, now
known as Maryville Academy
(1947-1952), St. Margaret Mary
Parish (1952-1960) and St. Cornelius Parish (1960-1963).
From 1963 to 1970, Father
Maher was a counselor working
with married couples for
Catholic Family Consultation
Service. He was also a chaplain
for the Christian Family Movement in the early 1960s.
He was assistant pastor at
Queen of Apostles Parish,
Riverdale (1966-1973) before
being named pastor of St.
Genevieve Parish, where he
served for 18 years, until he retired in 1991.
Father Maher is survived by his
brothers, Father Arthur Maher of
the Diocese of Joliet and Joseph
Maher, and a sister, Nellie Kinsella.
Sr. Grace Ann Callen
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88, died Sept. 15 in Dubuque,
Iowa.
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congregation
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final
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Chicago, SisSr. Grace Ann
ter Grace Ann
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taught elementary school at St. Gilbert,
Grayslake (1973-1977), St. Bridget (1951-1959), St. Gertrude
(1959-1960) and St. Bartholomew (1977-2005).
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school in Montana, Washington
and Iowa. She ministered as dietician on the staff at Mount
Carmel Motherhouse for nine
years.
Sr. Mary Jo Kenny
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Mercy Sister Mary Jo
(Josephine) Kenny, 79, died Sept.
16.
A Chicago native, she graduated from St. Clotilde School in
1948, Mercy High School in
1952 and St. Xavier College in
1970, all of which were staffed
by Sisters of Mercy. She entered
the Sisters of Mercy in 1952 and
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schools in Chicago from 1948
until 1954. She served as registrar of St. Xavier College from
1954-1965.
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and colleges in Ottawa and
DeKalb, Ill.
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and Vienna, Ill., before serving in
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from 1988-1990.
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bereavement ministry in Florida
until retiring from active ministry
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22 years and
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CTU’s new president is no stranger to the university
By Michelle Martin
Staff writer
hen Viatorian Father Mark Francis
became president of Catholic Theological Union in July, he was arriving for his third tour of duty at the graduate school of theology, having first studied
there and then taught liturgy for 12 years before leaving to serve as the general superior
of his community.
“I did a lot of discernment and talked to
several people about it, and decided to throw
my hat in the ring because I really believe in
the mission of this place,” Francis said in a
Nov. 1 interview.
CTU was founded on the South Side in
1968 by three religious orders to educate
and form their seminarians. Its scope and
mission has grown over the years, including
religious sisters and brothers and laypeople
since shortly after its opening, and now it
counts 24 sponsoring religious communities
and students from 46 countries.
Francis, who was formally installed in a
ceremony at Hyde Park’s KAM Isaiah Israel
Congregation on Oct. 27, first came to CTU
as a seminarian for his Viatorian community.
Then, after ministering in Bogota, Colombia, for three years and getting a doctorate in
liturgy from the Pontifical Liturgical Institute of Sant’Anselmo in Rome, he returned
to teach in 1988.
“I had just been made full professor,” he
said, when his community named him superior general in 2000 and it was back to
Rome for 12 years. During his term, he
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Viatorian Father Mark Francis addresses the congregation during his inauguration as president of Catholic Theological Union on Oct. 27 at KAM Isaiah Israel Congregation in Hyde
Park. Catholic Theological Union photo
spent about half his time traveling around
the world to visit Viatorians where they live
and minister.
That allowed him to pursue his interest in
inculturation of the liturgy, or how culture
and liturgy interface.
That was the focus of his doctoral studies,
and a topic that piqued his interest while
ministering in Colombia. While there, he
found many ways that the celebration of the
liturgy was different from what he saw
growing up in Arlington Heights.
“The story I always tell is about my first
Holy Thursday Mass, with the washing of
the feet,” he said. “We had the 12 men that
were selected, and they were dressed like
apostles — it was a little bit theatrical —
and I washed their feet. I did everything that
was in the book.”
Feeling a little relieved at the end of
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Mass — it was his first time celebrating the
Mass of the Lord’s Supper in Spanish — he
was surprised to be accosted by two women
who looked upset.
“They told me I was not a humble priest,”
he said. When he asked why, they told him
that he must lack humility because he had
not kissed the feet he washed, something
that’s not “in the book” but was very much
expected in their parish.
“The next year, I kissed the feet,” he said.
At the installation, Francis spoke of how,
in the past, priests and lay ministers would
go back to minister in cul-de-sacs, or selfcontained communities where everyone
more or less shared the same culture with
everyone else. Now, with the advent of a
more global society, CTU graduates must be
prepared to minister at “crossroads,” where
people of all sorts come and go. That goes
whether they are religious order members
who will be sent on mission halfway around
the world or lay ecclesial ministers who will
be serving parishes here in the Archdiocese
of Chicago.
The mission of preparing priests and lay
ministers was what drew Francis back to
CTU after he finished his term as superior
general and took a sabbatical at Santa Clara
University.
“As superior general, I was very concerned about the formation of our priests,”
he said. “After the closing of Washington
Theological Union, this is one of the few
union models of seminary left. And diocesan
priests are wonderful, but religious congregations need to be able to form priests for
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